Review: Rule by Jay Crownover

Rule
Jay Crownover
Series: Rule #1
Publication date: December 30th 2012
Rating: 4 stars

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I had loved Rule Archer since the first moment I ever laid eyes on him. He was everything I shouldn't want and the only person I went out of my way to not try and please. He only saw me as a brat, and an entitled, stuck up princess but worse than that all he saw when he looked at me was his deceased twin's girl. It broke my heart because as much as I had loved Remy Archer there was never anything romantic between us and no matter how hard I tried to convince myself that loving Rule was a terrible idea, my poor heart just wouldn't listen. We tolerated each other, barely and had forged an uneasy alliance until one night I had too much to drink and changed the way we were forever. Suddenly life long secrets were no longer hidden and the one thing I always wanted for myself seemed obtainable as long as I was willing to go through hell to hold onto it.

Shaw Landon was a class act and I had no idea what to do with her. She was tied to my family, tied to the person that was my other half so I tolerated her and her haughty attitude when I didn't have any other choice. What I didn't know was that a short skirt and too many cocktails on her birthday was going to change my outlook on her for the rest of my life. Some people thought I hid behind all my tattoos and piercings, that I tried to distance myself from my dead twin, Shaw saw through it all and wasn't scared of what was underneath. We weren't supposed to be together, weren't supposed to be anything but uncomfortable acquaintances but that all changed in the blink of an eye. Now I had to figure out just how a girl like her and a guy like me were supposed to be in love without destroying each other. Add in her custom made ex and two disapproving sets of parents and the whole situation sounded like it was more trouble then it was worth.

 Rule is the ultimate bad boy.

And the best thing about this book is that he stays that way until the end, no matter how many people want him to chance. Because Shaw likes him just the way that he is, inked up all over and with piercings on his face.

That was my most favorite thing about the book, they way they both struggled not to fit into the mold other people set for them. They stood true to who they were and didn't meet anyone's expectations other than the ones they set for themselves.

Shaw learns how to be comfortable in her own skin, and that just because you love someone you shouldn't let them take over your entire life. And Rule discovers that he doesn't need to be just like his brother to be loved, that people will like him for his obnoxious hair, tattoos, and piercings.

This was a really really good read, and I absolutely cannot wait for the second installment telling us the story of Jet and Ayden!