Jesse's Girl
Author: Miranda Kenneally
Published: July 7th, 2015
Paperback, 304 pages
4 Gold Stars
(summary from Goodreads)
Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she'd get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville's teen idol.
But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true. He's as gorgeous as his music, but seeing all that he's accomplished is just a reminder of everything Maya's lost: her trust, her boyfriend, their band, and any chance to play the music she craves. Not to mention that Jesse's pushy and opinionated. He made it on his own, and he thinks Maya's playing back up to other people's dreams. Does she have what it takes to follow her heart - and go solo?
The Hundred Oaks books always put a smile on my face. The characters
are fantastic and I love how each story weaves into the others without
any over lap. There is always a new main character, but old characters
always pop up to say hi and check in and I love series like that. Maya
Henry is Sam's younger sister from Catching Jordan. She dreams of
being a rock star and wants desperately to play her own music with her
band, but they are into music that's so far beyond her. When she has to
pick a job for career mentoring day, she picks rock star and is very
surprised when she gets to job shadow Jesse Scott, Nashville's
heartthrob. Maya is excited, but Jesse is not at all like she imagined
him to be. He's rude, cocky and seems like he doesn't want Maya
following him around. Maya isn't looking forward to spending the day
with him telling her she's not trying hard enough to play her own music.
But then Jessa starts to show her how he really lives, his secret
hiding spots, and they have moments where Maya starts to think that
maybe she is putting her music second and maybe it's time to step up and
take charge of what she wants, and Jesse Scott may just be one of those
things.
Miranda knows how to write a swoon worthy boy,
and Jesse Scott is no exception.I could picture Hunter Hayes or any
other country boy as I read the book, or even a male Taylor Swift. He
has a sweet demeanor, but knows just how famous he is and how to use it.
His relationship with Maya, though it had a rocky start, is wonderful
and heart warming and I love how their relationship progresses through
the day. The moments they share together alone, where they can be
completely honest about their lives were great to read and made me fall
for him even more. He sets her up with his recording studio, helps her
with her vocals, and shows her that she is capable of so much more than
she's been accomplishing. Compared to her ex-boyfriend, he treats her
like a princess and I loved watching Maya gain confidence throughout the
novel thanks to Jesse.
Maya and Jesse are adorable
together. Miranda knows how to give me all the romance and love I look
for in a YA novel and this one delivers. Hundred Oaks is one of my
favourite worlds to go into and I was so happy to see Sam and Jordan
have a part in this one. It's fun to see a couple that you saw get
together being all relationshipy and domestic. They are adorable
together and bicker like an old married couple and you can tell that
they just belong together. They were there to help Maya when she needed
advice and to appease us fans who desperately wanted more of them. I
can't wait for more from Miranda and more in this series. This is one of
those series that never has to end because it follows different
characters every time and there's no way not to make a story about teens
in this small town. I love that the other books are sports related and
this one focused on music. It branched out from what we've come to
expect from Hundred Oaks books and I can see great things in the future
of this series. Can't wait for more, Miranda!
"You have to take chances to get a chance at your dreams."
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