About the book: When Avery Shaw's heart is shattered by her life-long best friend, she chooses to deal with it the only way she knows how --scientifically. The state science fair is coming up and Avery decides to use her broken heart as the topic of her experiment. She's going to find the cure. By forcing herself to experience the seven stages of grief through a series of social tests, she believes she will be able to get over Aiden Kennedy and make herself ready to love again. But she can't do this experiment alone, and her partner (ex partner!) is the one who broke her heart. Avery finds the solution to her troubles in the form of Aiden's older brother Grayson. The gorgeous womanizer is about to be kicked off the school basketball team for failing physics. He's in need of a good tutor and some serious extra credit. But when Avery recruits the lovable Grayson to be her "objective outside observer," she gets a whole lot more than she bargained for, because Grayson has a theory of his own: Avery doesn't need to grieve. She needs to live. And if there's one thing Grayson Kennedy is good at, it's living life to the fullest.
Quote of the Book: "Hey now, you can't just go jumping in the shower with every guy you know. That's totally our thing." -Grayson Kennedy
My thoughts and opinion: I'm not a science geek, but I thought this book was awesome. It was different from anything I've ever read, which could be a terrible, awful thing, but for this book, it was a wonderfully delightful thing. And I thought the cover was pretty cool because the periodic table of elements is there! I mean, how often do you see that on a book?
Onto the characters. Avery reminded me of an innocent deer. She was cautious and careful (who wouldn't be after getting your heart broken?) but it wasn't to the point where it made the book unbearable to read. Avery might be shy, but she can be quick and she certainly isn't dumb.
Well, in the beginning, it may seem so. However, I thought Avery's judgement was just clouded because her heart was really, really broken. Like stepped on, smashed with a baseball bat, and thrown off a ten-story building. So, I really felt for Avery when she tried to defend Aiden's behavior and actions. Her denial was understandable. Avery Shaw was, in a way, a complex character to read, but no matter how frustrated I sometimes got at Avery, (yeah that happened, too) I still liked her since she wasn't really a bad person.
And another character who likes Avery is Grayson! I totally loved Grayson from the start when he inserted his own prologue. What's not to love about him? Grayson's charming, sexy, hilarious. He's also really caring and gentle and just so darn perfect. I also liked how everything he did was for Avery; you could tell that Avery was his whole world. (Seriously. Grayson even joined the science club for her.) He never truly gave up on the science project and on curing her broken heart even though it seemed hopeless in some parts of the book. Not to mention, Grayson is super funny, which just adds on to how awesome he is. The guy has a fantastic sense of humor and it was nice to laugh every once in a while.
Aiden Kennedy. Now, since I love connections, I'll connect. When I met Aiden, I couldn't help but think of Aidan from Girl at Sea. There are similarities between the two characters like the fact that Aiden and Aidan are smart guys and their names are almost, almost the same. But while I loved Aidan, I really, really did NOT like Aiden Kennedy. I could not stand Aiden with his selfishness and his cruel revenge back at the cabin. The one time when I paused hating Aiden was when I realized what he said was true, that Grayson did, in fact, steal Avery away from Aiden. Then again, the way that Aiden acted (especially when he was with his horrible girlfriend) he didn't deserve Avery anymore. In my opinion, Aiden really didn't deserve Avery's forgiveness, but I guess it helped Avery's heart heal.
The friends in this book were great, too. Grayson's friends were popular yet cool at the same time. They were the good kind of popular, and I thought it was great of Pam and Chloe to take Avery under their wing. Avery's friends were witty and geeky and they treated a jock like Grayson somewhat equally. I mean, they took Grayson bowling in order for him to grasp the concept of Newton's Laws so, that's a pretty generous thing to do, right?
Overall, I enjoyed this book very much. It was cute and fun with all the characters and humor. I thought The Avery Shaw Experiment was a roller coaster of a book since there are emotional stuff (SEVEN stages of grief!) Even if you're terrified of roller coasters, you can still try this book out. It's just as awesome without all the dizziness.
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