Book: As You Wish by Jackson Pearce
Rating: 5 Stars
Release date: August 25, 2009 from HarperTeen
Summary:
Ever since Viola’s boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again and, more importantly, to belong again—until one day she inadvertently summons a young genie out of his world and into her own. He will remain until she makes three wishes.
Jinn is anxious to return home, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid she will not wish for the right thing, the thing that will make her truly happy. As the two spend time together, the lines between master and servant begin to blur, and soon Jinn can’t deny that he’s falling for Viola. But it’s only after Viola makes her first wish that she realizes she’s in love with Jinn as well . . . and that if she wishes twice more, he will disappear from her life—and her world—forever.
*****
Viola’s life isn’t the way she pictured it. She has basically no friends and the one friend she does have, she’s in love with. Oh and did she mention, he’s gay? How could things have gotten so off track?
When she and Lawrence broke up she can’t seem to get her act together. All she does is mope about, feeling sorry for the life that she should have had with Lawrence as her boyfriend. And then Jinn shows up.
Jinn isn’t really his name, it’s what he is. He is a jinn sent to grant her three wishes and then be on his way. It’s everything a girl could want, right? So then why can’t Viola make up her mind about her three wishes? And why does it seem like the longer it takes the more she doesn’t want to? Maybe it has something to do with Jinn and the fact that if she makes those three wishes, he will be gone from her life forever.
As You Wish was so cute. I loved it. Every now and then I love to read cute romances that just make me smile and As You Wish is exactly that kind of book. It took me about 2 hours to read the whole book and it was one of those that I just didn’t want to put down. I had to keep reading until the very end.
Viola, Jinn, and Lawrence were all really great characters. I loved Lawrence, he was just so sweet. Even though he broke up with Viola, they remained friends and he was always there for her throughout the book. Jinn was also really great. In the beginning he was really kind of cranky but he seemed to grow on me throughout the book.
Oh and I absolutely loved the alternate chapters. One from Viola followed by one from Jinn. It made the book even better, if that’s possible. I just love getting both sides of the story. It makes a lot more sense when you know what’s going through both characters heads.
Overall, As You Wish is a cute, funny, and sometimes sad, love story. Jackson Pearce did an amazing job with her first novel and I can’t wait for more. =]
Great review! I definitely can’t wait to read this. 🙂
I’m looking the alternate POVs in books too! Helps in so many ways! 🙂
And my “looking” I mean loving. Eh, it’s late.
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This looks really cute! Nice review(: