Love Beyond Opposites

I somehow missed the first book in the Grad Nights series but after I read Love Between Enemies, I needed to know more about Lennon!! Lennon and Jade have been friends for the past four years but they couldn't be more different. Lennon is destined to be a rock star. Jade is a mathlete. But their friendship, even though seems surface, works. They get each other. When grad night, and Lennon's huge party approaches, they both know that this will be the last chance they have to explore what could have been. The thing I love about opposites attracts stories is that the characters are never really opposites. Once they take the take the time to get to know each other and dig a little deeper, they figure out that they have way more in common than they ever thought they could. That's definitely the case for Lennon and Jade. From the very beginning I was rooting for them to figure it out. I need to hurry up and read Love in the Friend Zone! Books 2 and 3 of this series has piqued my interest. I'm pretty sure this is the last book in this series. I'll be sad to see these character go but the ending was amazing! *This is my voluntary review of an advanced reader copy. *

Love Beyond Opposites is a wonderful YA read. It's a fairly typical geeky girl and popular guy story but the author does a great job of making the story feel fresh and new. Throughout the story Lennon and Jade try to fight their attraction to each other. After all Lennon is planning to leave as soon as he graduates so getting involved just doesn't make sense. As graduation draws closer Lennon realizes he won't be seeing Jade any longer and that startling fact has him rethinking all his plans. This is a very well written book and these characters will win your heart. I definitely recommend this one.

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion. 4.5 stars — OMG, this one is totally my favourite in the series!! I totally ship Lennon and Jade, they were so adorable together! I was hooked right from the prologue, and this one was just adorable and fun from start to finish. I felt all of the tummy butterflies, and it was just a nice way to wrap up what was a fun series. As with the previous two books, this one takes place in about a 24 hour period, and I still really enjoy that concept. I loved that we got to see those crossover scenes from the previous two books, but from Lennon and Jade’s perspectives. You don’t have to read those books to enjoy this one, but I think it makes for a more fun experience in the end. The area where this one excelled a bit more than the previous two is that I didn’t feel like the middle was as drawn out or repetitive. I loved the experiences that Lennon and Jade had over the course of the night, and I thought their relationship progressed and didn’t have as much back and forth. Jade was super adorable, and nerdy, and awkward, and passionate and I just adored her and her snort laugh. Probably b/c I also snort laugh. Probably b/c I was pretty good at math as well (though, not like she is). I thought her personal story was interesting as well, even though I occasionally wanted a bit more…I wouldn’t have minded seeing her talk to her Mom at the end. But I loved that through Jade the author tackled the issue of “just because you’re good at something, doesn’t mean that’s what you have to do for life.” As well as the fact that you can excel at more than one thing, but you should pursue the thing that makes you wake up excited about. I think that’s one of the things that I really appreciated about this series as a whole, that while the stories are romances, they also touch on some of the struggles young adults face when approaching the next stage in life. Lennon…Lennon Lennon Lennon. I had no idea you were going to be the book boy I fell madly in love with. I’m not really a rock star kind of girl, but maybe that’s why Lennon made it through…b/c I loved him despite all that, just as Jade does. I loved how sweet and sensitive he could be. I adored seeing his huge crush on Jade, and being in his head and learning about all the ways she lit up his life. My heart ached for him thinking his Dad meant he wasn’t good enough, and feeling so conflicted about choosing a relationship while also wanting the touring life. I loved how passionate he was about music. I loved that he was a caring friend, and just seemed like a genuinely chill guy. He was also pretty hilarious at times. And the two of them together were just gold. I got butterflies, and desperately wanted them to figure it out. Of course I also wanted to smack Lennon on occasion, but Liv took care of that for me. And I was so happy with the climax, and then how the rest played out for them. This one didn’t have a super strong secondary cast either, but I enjoyed the bits we got to see of Lennon with his sister Liv, the very quick glimpses of the parentals, and even Blaise was kind of adorable. All in all, a kickass end to the series. These two were just my kind of peeps, and I enjoyed seeing them navigate their obstacles to the HEA.