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Plot in 3 sentences. Growing up in a rich, controlling family, Alex is at NYU as a pre-med student but since she is a 'people please-er' and is only 19; she never goes against her parents. She meets incredibly sexy, art student Dane who grew up extremely poor and never really had a childhood since he was helping to raise his little brother after the departure of his father. They fall in love - and despite some heartbreak - they end up together, the book ends abruptly leaving the reader to hear more of the story in a second book that is to be released in the summer of 2014.

When I first started this book, I was very engrossed in both characters. I am very familiar with both. The daughter of a rich family who has already planned out her future. She must date a man with a similar background. Alex must be pre-med (since her father is a doc). Alex must wear the right clothes, etc. She has blindly followed all their strict directions without complaint since they would never listen to her anyhow.

At a very early age, Dane experienced a great loss, poverty, drugs, etc. This 22 year old has been able to turn his life completely around. He is back at school, at NYU as an art major. He is sexy, talented and works hard to be true to himself and his craft.

(BTW - the cover doesn't match what I thought Dane would look like. Pictured him more buff, taller, etc. The guy had tats - the guy on the front cover looks like a preppy kid).

The author talks about their art, the growth of their friendship, how they open up to each other and finally fall in love. It's romantic. It's sweet. It's formulaic, but still interesting and sweet. I liked how they are both in school - how Alex is trying to find herself. And how Alex loves Dane for who he is today - and doesn't judge him by his past indiscretions.

Then about 1/2 way, the book completely takes a turn for the worse for me.

***** spoilers ahead *******

It's not surprising how much Alex's parents hate Dane. It's almost comical how snobby they are. Again - formulaic, but I will still engaged.
THEN....Alex completely dumps Dane. She does it in a very selfish, cowardly way. As a 19 year old - I would have thought trickery would have been next. Let's lie about our relationship for as long as possible. She breaks Dane's heart in a BIG way.

THEN...when she finally makes her decision to stand on her own. The author doesn't share with us HOW she plans on doing it. It takes a long to apply for student loans. How is she going to cover tuition AND living expenses??? NYC is expensive! NYU is expensive!!!

THEN....she FINALLY apologizes to Dane and what does HE DO???? He should at least take a day to think about it. To mull over his feelings. Nope. He forgives her on the spot and asks her to move in with him. It was like the author was given 10 minutes to write an ending. It happened way too quickly.

THEN...the end. Book 2 on it's way.

In the beginning of the book - I was already thinking about looking up this author's other books to read. But after reading this one. I had no interest. Some people (obviously quite a few based upon the reviews) love this type of book. Angst-y; young love; make a big mistake and hurt someone; get forgiven; next book to drag out the pain, suffering and mistakes. Throw in some hot sex (it's not too graphic) and you have a romance.
It's just not for me.


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Plastic Hearts edition by Lisa De Jong Jennifer RobertsHall Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

It's hard to be rich. Lisa De Jong really wants us to understand this, so we're told over and over again throughout this mediocre New Adult romance.

Alex is our poor little rich girl. Her parents give her everything except that which she wants most . . . their love (awww). She chose a major to please them, (she wants to major in art and, given the dismal employment rates for those majoring in the liberal and fine arts, I can't really fault them for not wanting to throw their money away), she chose a boyfriend to please them, and so on. They're cardboard cutouts of evil -- a more capable author might have attempted to show us how their own hurts, fears, and insecurities are driving their actions, but we don't get that here.

Her life is plastic (don't worry if you miss the first few times she mentions it -- it'll come up again) until she meets Dane, a slightly older man. He has experienced life, he isn't rich, and . . . well, the main thing is that he's super hot (after reading constantly about his rugged good looks, tattoos, and leather, looking at the Ralph Lauren-style pretty boy on the cover is jarring). Dane, to borrow a timeworn cliche (an action that is very familiar to De Jong), KNOWS HOW TO LIVE and the age-old saga of rich people improving themselves via contact with an appropriately attractive member of the lower class is activated. You know, their innate wisdom and so forth.

What could the "plastic hearts" of Alex's mean old family have against Dane and his pizza parlor dates and amazing metal sculptures (he made a heart of metal to show his love -- OMG, he's deep)? Their budding love is tested when Alex must choose between her family and her love. The story isn't terrible as these things go -- it's just so naive that if it wasn't for the explicit sex, this could easily be a YA novel.

An editor is credited, but the editing is awful. If the editor is a professional one, she should ask to have her name taken off the book. If it is a friend, then De Jong should consider engaging the services of a professional editor. Beyond the numerous problems with basic grammar, there are jarring elements that a competent editor would have smoothed over (in one chapter, Alex tells us that dancing at a club is one thing that helps relieve her stress. In the very next chapter she tells us that creating art is the "only thing" that relieves her stress).

This novel managed to provoke a unique reaction in me -- despite the fact that it was deeply cliched and like something I'd read a dozen times before, it also somehow annoyed me in a very particular way. From beginning to end, it's hard to believe there wasn't a point where the author and editor didn't say "Hey, we can do better than this." It's far from being the worst book available, but God. Why bother?
Plot in 3 sentences. Growing up in a rich, controlling family, Alex is at NYU as a pre-med student but since she is a 'people please-er' and is only 19; she never goes against her parents. She meets incredibly sexy, art student Dane who grew up extremely poor and never really had a childhood since he was helping to raise his little brother after the departure of his father. They fall in love - and despite some heartbreak - they end up together, the book ends abruptly leaving the reader to hear more of the story in a second book that is to be released in the summer of 2014.

When I first started this book, I was very engrossed in both characters. I am very familiar with both. The daughter of a rich family who has already planned out her future. She must date a man with a similar background. Alex must be pre-med (since her father is a doc). Alex must wear the right clothes, etc. She has blindly followed all their strict directions without complaint since they would never listen to her anyhow.

At a very early age, Dane experienced a great loss, poverty, drugs, etc. This 22 year old has been able to turn his life completely around. He is back at school, at NYU as an art major. He is sexy, talented and works hard to be true to himself and his craft.

(BTW - the cover doesn't match what I thought Dane would look like. Pictured him more buff, taller, etc. The guy had tats - the guy on the front cover looks like a preppy kid).

The author talks about their art, the growth of their friendship, how they open up to each other and finally fall in love. It's romantic. It's sweet. It's formulaic, but still interesting and sweet. I liked how they are both in school - how Alex is trying to find herself. And how Alex loves Dane for who he is today - and doesn't judge him by his past indiscretions.

Then about 1/2 way, the book completely takes a turn for the worse for me.

***** spoilers ahead *******

It's not surprising how much Alex's parents hate Dane. It's almost comical how snobby they are. Again - formulaic, but I will still engaged.
THEN....Alex completely dumps Dane. She does it in a very selfish, cowardly way. As a 19 year old - I would have thought trickery would have been next. Let's lie about our relationship for as long as possible. She breaks Dane's heart in a BIG way.

THEN...when she finally makes her decision to stand on her own. The author doesn't share with us HOW she plans on doing it. It takes a long to apply for student loans. How is she going to cover tuition AND living expenses??? NYC is expensive! NYU is expensive!!!

THEN....she FINALLY apologizes to Dane and what does HE DO???? He should at least take a day to think about it. To mull over his feelings. Nope. He forgives her on the spot and asks her to move in with him. It was like the author was given 10 minutes to write an ending. It happened way too quickly.

THEN...the end. Book 2 on it's way.

In the beginning of the book - I was already thinking about looking up this author's other books to read. But after reading this one. I had no interest. Some people (obviously quite a few based upon the reviews) love this type of book. Angst-y; young love; make a big mistake and hurt someone; get forgiven; next book to drag out the pain, suffering and mistakes. Throw in some hot sex (it's not too graphic) and you have a romance.
It's just not for me.