Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The Avery Shaw Experiment- Kelly Oram

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









The Review

4 ¾ Stars

    Words were missing. That’s it. That is all the bad things I have to say about this book. I loved this book to pieces. It was one of those books where it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

    I loved the duel perspectives in this book. I liked being able to see into Avery and Grayson’s head. They were such different characters that you wanted to know what was going through the other’s head as the other was talking. I wanted to know what Avery thought of a situation and at the same time I wanted to know what was going through Grayson’s head. The author did a great job with the perspectives.

Now the growth of the characters is what impressed me the most. Avery changed from someone who hid from the public at every chance. She changed from someone who depended on her best friend. She became self- confident and she learned how to do things for herself instead of leaning on her best friend to be there for everything. Grayson changed from a guy who was really conceited into a person who could hang out with the “science geeks” for fun. He became someone else because of Avery.

Aiden was… mean. How could he do that to poor Avery? What did she ever do to him? Why did he have to tell her to leave his debate even after he said they could still be friends? I don’t know. He just didn’t care about Avery through half the book but then we see a change in him when he finally gets some sense knocked into him… literally. He deserved what he got. I was very happy when Grayson finally swung at him. He should have done it a long time ago.

I loved Grayson and Avery’s relationship. They’re relationship was effortless. Avery just had to realize what it is she really wanted. Grayson said he’d wait for her. I’m so glad he did because when they reconciled I heard bells ringing and angels singing Hallelujah.

Oh and I cannot forget about Avery and Grayson’s best friends, Libby and Owen. Libby was o funny and when she was paired with Owen I couldn’t stop laughing. They were so cute together also. I really hope the author does a book about their story.

There is nothing else for me to say except, “The Avery Shaw Experiment, I love you.”










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