Showing posts with label Cole Gibsen. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Blog Tour + Giveaway - Life Unaware by Cole Gibsen


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Life Unaware by Cole Gibsen
Release Date: 04/28/15
Entangled Teen
 
Book Summary:
 
Regan Flay has been talking about you.

Regan Flay is on the cusp of achieving her control-freak mother's "plan" for high school success―cheerleading, student council, the Honor Society—until her life gets turned horribly, horribly upside down. Every bitchy text. Every bitchy email. Every lie, manipulation, and insult she's ever said have been printed out and taped to all the lockers in school.

Now Regan has gone from popular princess to total pariah. The only person who even speaks to her is her former best friend's hot but socially miscreant brother, Nolan Letner. Nolan thinks he knows what Regan's going through, but whatnobody knows is that Regan isn't really Little Miss Perfect. In fact, she's barely holding it
together under her mom's pressure. But the consequences of Regan's fall from grace are only just beginning. Once the chain reaction starts, no one will remain untouched...

Especially Regan Flay.

 



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5 Unknown Facts About Life Unaware

1.      In the book, Regan’s—the main character’s—mother is a United States Senator. In real life my uncle is a United States Congressman. I grew up attending political functions, press releases, and campaign events. While my Uncle is nothing like Regan’s mom, I was able to use my own personal experience with politics to develop her character.
2.      Regan suffers from anxiety and debilitating panic attacks. So do I. Each panic attack Regan suffers is a detailed description of my own, which is why writing those scenes was so difficult for me.
3.      My biological dad took off when I was a toddler. My stepdad was verbally and emotionally abusive. Because of this I had a hard time writing “good” dads because I had no idea how they behaved. It wasn’t until I got married and had a child of my own that I was able to see my husband interact with our daughter, showing me for the first time in my life what a “good” dad looks like. Life Unaware was my first attempt at writing a “good” dad.
4.      In the book Regan has an ex-racehorse. That horse is a tribute to my own ex-racehorse Dancer O’ Day that I owned for several years until my stepdad got rid of him while I was at work. I came home just in time to see the horse trailer pulling away. One of my life goals is to find out where he went and if his last years were happy.
5.      I drew on my own experiences with bullying when I wrote Life Unaware. When I was a freshman, my family moved and I had to start a new school mid semester. Some cheerleader got mad because she thought her boyfriend was flirting with me. I can’t remember, but I think he’d only asked me for a pencil. Still, that was all it took to start nearly two years of torture.






About the Author


Cole Gibsen first realized she different when, in high school, she was still reading comic books while the other girls were reading fashion magazines.

It was her love of superheroes that first inspired her to pick up a pen. Her favorite things to write about are ordinary girls who find themselves in extraordinary situations.

 



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Friday, 13 March 2015

Review - Life Unaware by Cole Gibsen




Title: Life Unaware
Author: Cole Gibsen
Pages: 320
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Release date: 28th April 2015

Blurb from Goodreads:

Regan Flay has been talking about you.

Regan Flay is on the cusp of achieving her control-freak mother's "plan" for high school success -- cheerleading, student council, the Honor Society--until her life gets turned horribly, horribly upside down. Every bitchy text. Every bitchy email. Every lie, manipulation, and insult she's ever said have been printed out and taped to all the lockers in school.


Now Regan has gone from popular princess to total pariah.


The only person who even speaks to her is her former best friend's hot but socially miscreant brother, Nolan Letner. Nolan thinks he knows what Regan's going through, but what nobody knows is that Regan isn't really Little Miss Perfect. In fact, she's barely holding it together under her mom's pressure. But the consequences of Regan's fall from grace are only just beginning. Once the chain reaction starts, no one will remain untouched...


Especially Regan Flay.








My Review:

*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Entangled Publishing, LLC and NetGalley*

3/5 stars

Regan Flay is one of the most popular girls at her school. On the outside she has the perfect life but really Regan is plagued by panic attacks due to the overwhelming pressure her politician mother puts on her.
Regan's life is turned upside down when papers with every mean text and email Regan wrote are posted on the lockers at school. No one wants anything to do with Regan, even her so-called best friends but Nolan, who is unpopular and her old best friend's brother, suddenly seems to be wherever Regan is and usually with a camera in his hand.
As Regan's feelings for Nolan grow can she cope with being a social outcast?


Life Unaware was a good read.
I found Regan likeable and relatable. I enjoyed reading as she grew as a person.
Nolan was also a character that I liked - he was quite sweet at times.
The plot and pacing were good and I found the writing style easy to follow.
Bullying is an all too common problem and I liked how we saw it from the bully's point of view and the reason behind why Regan did it - to stay in everyone's good books.
I thought the bathroom stall idea at the end of the book was brilliant - people are always so negative and rude to/about each other it would be awesome if we could all just see the good in people.
The romance wasn't over the top and I liked when Regan and Nolan interacted together. 


Overall this was an enjoyable read that I would recommend.