Review: The Game Changer by L.M. Trio

The Game Changer
L.M. Trio
Series: The Game Changer #1
Publication date: February 7th 2013 by L.M. Trio
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

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It’s hard to believe that it only takes one split second in time to turn your world completely upside down. Everything that ever made you feel safe and secure; can be gone in an instant...”

Jesse’s world is shattered in that instant…the rest of her life is mapped out by a split second change that she never dreamed could happen. Now she must learn to start living through all of the things that come after.

After suffering a breakdown, Jesse, a shy, awkward, soon to be junior in high school, and her father, decide to make a new start in a new town, hoping to find a tiny piece of the happiness they once knew. She never dreamed that the family living across the street from her new home could change her life in ways she never thought were possible…

Luke thought he had his life figured out. The soon to be senior, thought he had everything; popularity, looks, charm, girls, and an arm that was the envy of every MLB pitcher in the game. The shy, awkward, but way too beautiful girl that moved into the house across the street, was not in his plans. 

The story continues with everlasting friendships, love, challenges, and Game Changers that are unexpected in their young lives.

Who knew that even after a tragedy, life can give you more than you ever had before?

Another book I can't believe got so many positive reviews.

The general idea of it was a pretty good one, but the execution was not. And the story just went on and on and on and on.

I couldn't connect to the characters, making reading this a really difficult task for me. They didn't sound like regular teenagers at all, nor did they act their respective ages, and sometimes they said something in a certain way that just made me cringe.

The writing was off. It was messy and bumpy and it didn't flow. I had to stop and reread a lot of things several times before I understood what the author was trying to say, mostly because the wording and structure of it was confusing.

The timeline was all over the place. One minute you were reading about something that happened in the span of a week, next thing you know it's been over two months or two years since something happened. This made it rather difficult to follow the story and organize what was happening in my head.

Different points of view. They changed inside chapters. One minute you were reading something from Jesse's point of view only to change it to Luke's and than back to Jesse's again. Again, having to change from one mindset to another as you read in matter of a few paragraphs makes it hard to follow what's happening.

The end. Unnecessary drama. It came out of nowhere, it didn't fit the rest of the story, and it was completely out of character for Luke to do what he did. It feels like the author came up with something only so another book could be written.

This was a really disappointing read, and I won't be coming anywhere near the sequel.