I’m having some mixed feelings about After Math Denise Grover Swank. From the first page I was
skeptical. The story started almost exactly the same way as Wait for You by J. Lynn. So, I couldn’t
continue reading until I figured out why it felt so familiar. The story lines
are even pretty similar (shy girls and popular player fall for each other).
After I figured that out, there was something else that felt familiar. The
tutor storyline threw me off in that is was fairly similar to Easy by Tammara Webber. The guy in After Math, Tucker, even has a secret
like Lucas in Easy.
But After Math is
the story of Scarlett, a shy, anxious math major who is forced unto tutoring
womanizing, star soccer player, Tucker. They fall for each other, but Tucker’s
secrets and past pull them apart. They have to decide if they will allow their
pasts to keep them apart.
I was able to get past the similarities to two of my
favorite books, but in the end, I didn’t really enjoy the story. Tucker would
switch from being fairly nice and sleep to furious, and what seemed like
boarder line violent. And Scarlett is so enthralled she looks past it, always
saying she’s not worried about herself physically. Although, that obviously
means the thought crosses her mind that she may need to worry. Then, in the
end, Tucker seems normal and sweet again. The book should have dealt with his
anger issues in some way.
I’m not sure I’ll be reading any more of this series
(unfortunately, I bought the second book when I bought the first). But maybe
the rest will be less familiar and won’t have boys who feel as if they fall on
the wrong side of dangerous.
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