Title: Becoming More
Author: Bayli Lane
Genre: New Adult Romance
Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17841306-becoming-more
Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets
BOOK DESCRIPTION
At first it was all freedom, fun, and games for Lilly Fairfield. Being a freshman in college was supposed to create some of the best memories of her life, especially with her best friend, Lauren, and longtime boyfriend, Sander, by her side.
But the excitement begins to slip away when the people closest to her start to change. They begin moving in a direction Lilly doesn’t want to go, forcing Lilly to be faced with a decision. Should she fight for her relationships with both Sander and Lauren or move on to something different? Something unknown. Someone like…
Colton Davenport. Colton isn’t Lilly’s typical type. He’s shockingly sexy with his colorful tattoos, shiny silver lip ring, and ear gauges. His smile alone leaves her breathless. Then again, she hasn’t had a specific type other than Sander. When she meets Colton she feels an automatic attraction that stuns her into utter stillness. She can’t look away, doesn’t want to look away.
Lilly must decide between a life with Sander, a life she always thought she wanted, and an unknown path with Colton.
Will Lilly make the right choices for her future, Becoming More?
**This book is a New Adult Romance – intended for a mature audience.**
Stephanie’s Review:
I was given this book by the author for an honest review. As the description states above Lilly had some figuring out to do. She and her four year boyfriend, Sander, and her best friend, Lauren venture off to college together. Lilly thinks she and Sander will be closer than ever since they’ll be away from their parents and they have more time. Not long after the get to campus Sander starts acting strange. Lilly doesn’t like his roommate and the influence Sander seems to be allowing the roommate to pull him under.
I remember my college days well, and it is hard to make great decisions as you’re learning to be away from your parents for the first time and meeting new people and trying to live like an adult but figuring out what to do with the freedom. Lilly sought out new friends, as she always had Lauren and Sander but wanted some friends of her own. She found making friends difficult. She stumbled across a group headed to a party and met Clarissa who then introduced her to the group and eventually Colton.
Talk about instant attraction. Lilly and Colton had it in spades. Lilly had Sander, however, and didn’t want to give up on that relationship just because she was immediately attracted to someone else.
Alrighty…so now that some of the story is laid out for you…I will say that part of this story got on my nerves. HA! Lilly couldn’t make her mind up to save her life sometimes even though I thought it was quite obvious. I guess it takes some people a little longer to figure it out though. Eventually she came to her senses. Thankfully! Once she got to that point, the rest of the story was fantastic. I struggled with the beginning to middle…just from her wishy-washy character. After she made a decision it was great there to the end.
4 Stars
Excerpt:
“Are you okay?” Lauren says.
I look at her and realize that I have a waterfall of tears spilling down my cheeks and into my lap, “No, Lauren, I’m not.”
She gets up, comes to my side and hugs me, “It’s okay Lilly! He’s probably still kind of drunk or something. Maybe he was still really worried from not knowing where you were last night. There are a whole lot of reasons as to why he’s acting like he is. Maybe he’s nervous for classes to start, and he feels like he has to do really well or something?”
I listen to her give me every excuse she can think of, and I welcome the relief I feel from her words. She’s probably right. He’s must be stressing about a lot of things right now and just doesn’t know how to deal with those feelings. Tomorrow I’ll call him and plan a time for us to meet up and have a civilized conversation. Surely by tomorrow he will have calmed down enough that he’s back to normal. I embrace Lauren’s excuses for him. Tomorrow we’ll talk. I’ll explain how I feel, and he will feel horrible for making me feel that way. We’ll kiss and make up. I give Lauren a placid smile and wipe the last of my tears away.
“Thanks Lauren, you’re right. It’s probably nothing serious.”
She gives an encouraging smile, “Of course I’m right! Now may I go back to my nap?” she asks.
I laugh and gesture to her bed, “By all means.”
She falls into her bed and turns onto her stomach. Moments later I hear her heavy breathing. Thank God I have Lauren to talk some sense into me. Of course Sander loves me. He’s just going through something. We will get through it, no doubt about it.
PLAYLIST
1. Cosmic Love- Florence and the Machine
2. Poison & Wine- The Civil Wars
3. Run- Snow Patrol
4. Paradise- Coldplay
5. Just Say Yes- Snow Patrol
6. The Offering- The Avett Brothers
7. Give Me Love- Ed Sheeran
8. Feel Again- One Republic
9. Sad- Maroon 5
10. Never Let Me Go- Florence and the Machine
11. Way You Are- Kris Orlowski
12. Bloodstream- Stateless
13. Erase Me- Kid Cudi
14. End of all time- Stars of Track & Field
15. In my veins- Andrew Belle
16. Rain Falls Down- We The Kings
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bayli Lane didn’t realize how much she loved creating a world from nothing until college. She went to Marian University where she majored in Communications but in her spare time wrote and read. Her love for reading is what really brought out her desire to create her own novel. After starting loads of stories and not finishing them, she finally decided it was time to put her passion to work. Becoming More is her first novel but certainly not her last. Bayli lives with her husband, Tim, in Indiana where she is probably sitting with a large cup of coffee and her computer working on her next book.
AUTHOR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorbaylilane
Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7061310.Bayli_Lane
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