My Life With The Walter Boys

 My Life With The Walter Boys by Ali Novak

Clearly I needed a break from all of the paranormal romance books I've been reading lately, so I decided to search through my contemporary YA list until something caught my eye. That landed me on the Walter Boys.

 Here's what it is about: (goodreads description)

 My Life with the Walter Boys centers on the prim, proper, and always perfect Jackie Howard. When her world is turned upside down by tragedy, Jackie must learn to cut loose and be part of a family again.

Jackie does not like surprises. Chaos is the enemy! The best way to get her successful, busy parents to notice her is to be perfect. The perfect look, the perfect grades-the perfect daughter. And then...

Surprise #1: Jackie's family dies in a freak car accident.
Surprise #2: Jackie has to move cross-country to live with the Walters-her new guardians.
Surprise #3: The Walters have twelve sons. (Well, eleven, but Parker acts like a boy anyway)

Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it. Jackie is surrounded by the enemy-loud, dirty, annoying boys who have no concept of personal space. Okay, several of the oldest guys are flat-out gorgeous. But still annoying. She's not stuck-up or boring-no matter what they say. But proving it is another matter. How can she fit in and move on when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?

 What I thought:

It was good! It was an easy read that caught you in quickly and kept you reading.There are a lot of funny moment's that you would expect to read about when a girl moves in with a family of 11 boys and 1 tom boy.

Jackie, like any high school girl stuck in a house of beautiful boys ranging from the ages 5-21 she falls hard fast. Dealing with her families accident and now being thrown into a completely foreign situation she has to figure out things fast. Out of all the 11 boys 6 of them are all in high school with Jackie and her friends. Out of those 6 boys, 2 of them are trying desperately to get her attention. Now she has to choose, does she follow her gut and steer clear of the Walter boys until she moves back to NY, does she date Alex who makes her feel safe, or does she date Cole the boy who makes her feel like living on the edge.

• Here is Heather's (Jackie's friends) description of the boys in school with them: "all are god like just with different personalities"

• Danny- Mysterious Brooding 
•  Isaac- Classic Sexy Bad Boy
•  Alex- Typical Geeky Shy Guy 
•  Nathan- Laid Back Musician
•  Lee- Edgy Skater
•  Cole- Golden Boy

How is a girl to choose?? It's hard, there are times you love all the boys and there are times you hate them.  Read the book to find which way Jackie goes!
That's all for now.
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