Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

Review of Such a Rush

Title & Author:
Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols
Publisher:
MTV Books
Publication Date:
July 10, 2012
Pages:
325
Source:
ARC from Publisher

A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.

High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she’s in the air, it’s easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the low-rent end of a South Carolina beach town. When her flight instructor, Mr. Hall, hires her to fly for his banner advertising business, she sees it as her ticket out of the trailer park. And when he dies suddenly, she’s afraid her flying career is gone forever.

But Mr. Hall’s teenage sons, golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson, are determined to keep the banner planes flying. Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, she’s leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed business — until Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers — and the consequences could be deadly. – Goodreads

I am slowly working my way through all of Jennifer Echols’ books and I have to say, Such a Rush is my favourite so far.

I loved the originality of the storyline in Such a Rush. I’ve never, ever read about pilots – in YA or otherwise – and it was so refreshing to have a protagonist who had such a clear goal in life and was doing what she had to in order to accomplish that goal. I thought Jennifer Echols did an amazing job sharing Leah’s passion for flying with us in a way that I could easily relate to, even though I’ve never had dreams of being a pilot.

Leah was a total jerk throughout much of Such a Rush, but it was easy for me to understand her motivations and forgive her for treating the people around her the way she did. I loved the supporting characters, Grayson, Alec, and Molly – and even Leah’s mother, who was absolutely horrible, was so well developed. If you’re looking for a story full of characters that are all screwed up in their own way, and so real because of it, definitely pick up Such a Rush.

And the romance, of course, played a huge role in Such a Rush. The dynamic between Leah and the two boys was so messed up and I just wanted them all to sit down together and have a conversation about it, but I loved it at the same time. Even though I totally wanted to punch Grayson at first, he redeemed himself beautifully and I loved the amount of character growth that occurred from the beginning to the end of Such a Rush.

Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols is an intense and beautiful story full of trainwreck characters and emotional moments. I loved Such a Rush to bits and I already know it will be a story I return to over and over again.

Other Books by Jennifer Echols

Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
Love Story by Jennifer Echols

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