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Mar 13, 2014
I've already read two books by Susane Colasanti, Take me there and When it happens- both of which I adored but there was something about this book I didn't like. Maybe it was just the whole, falling in love with your best friend's boyfriend theme. I mean can some one actually do that? It's like an unwritten rule, and even so I would feel so guilty. That is what the character Lani, is going through this book. I however, think she dealt with it really well. I liked how she handled the situation, did feelings get hurt? Most defiantly. But that was unavoidable, it tends to happen when you fall in love with your best friend's boyfriend. It's how we deal with the situation afterwards that matters. This book had alot to do about fate, as the title suggests. I really liked Lani's perspective on fate and how she thinks that everyone's future is already laid out for them. That's why when she falls in love with Jason, she knows it is fate, she doesn't want to love him, she just does. I also really liked the characters in this book, Blake for example, a best friend of Lani was so funny. His scenes always relived the reader of the constant tension that was going on. I also enjoyed how Lani and her best friend Erin were complete opposites, it was fun to see the contrasts in their personality and I wondered how they could fall for the same guy. And then there is Jason, the boy Lani and Erin both love. I don't know, I hear people always rave about how he's so amazing, but I just couldn't like him. Again, this is probably the whole he ditched his current girlfriend for her best friend thing, but I also felt like he didn't care about Erin's feelings as much as Lani did, he wasn't as careful and that is what annoyed me the most.I enjoy Susane Colasanti's books, I really do but for some reason I prefer Sarah Dessen's books instead. Overall, this was a really fast read filled with love, fate and friends.