Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Synopsis

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

Review

THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!!! I swear this  is definitely ADDICTIVE once you started reading it then there's no way you will put it down unfinished. Beautiful Disaster was the first book I found in goodreads, it has very good ratings and a lot of reviews though I think most of the reviews are misleading. I will admit that my first reason for reading it was curiosity, I was intrigued by the reviews posted that this book contains disturbing scenes. Reading those comments made me assume that Travis was  physically and sexually abusing Abby but hell I was wrong! I was definitely mislead! Travis was not abusing Abby by any means, but yes this book may contain disturbing scenes for some people who are sensitive to Alpha male traits like aggressive and ferocious, also to those who easily offended by cursing. 

Abby  wants to start fresh by moving across the country, she left her past and swear not to get herself into that kind of life again, then she met Travis Maddox, the campus charmer who fell in love with her because of her power to resist his appeal and not get herself on his hands after several attempts of alluring her.  

"He oozed sex and rebelliousness with his buzzed, brown hair and tattooed forearms, and I rolled my eyes at his attempt to lure me in."

 Her description for Travis WOWed me, a guy that kind is really hard not to notice though I am not really a fan of guy covered with tattoos I think Travis will still pass my taste as long as his tats looks good on him.

"So what's your story, Pidge? Are you a man-hater in general, or do you just hate me?" "I think it's just you," I grumbled.

I can't really figure out how can she possibly resist him and tell his face that she doesn't like him. It takes a lot of guts to turn down a sexy man like Travis and I admire her for that. Anyways, after that Travis gave up luring her and agreed to be just friends with her. Weeks have passed and still Travis didn't try anything to sleep with her, this made Abby realized that he really was interested only in friendship but that insulted her for unknown reason. As their friendship gets deeper she learned to trust him but rumors are spreading about their weird and "uncommon for Travis" relationship, she doesn't want to be labeled as one of his sluts so she tries to prove everyone that they are just friends.

"Oh, hell no. Are you trying to get me killed? You've gotta change Pidge."  "What?" I asked.  "Get some a t-shirt on... and some sneakers. Something comfortable." "What? Why?" "Because I'll be more worried about who's looking at your tits in that shirt instead of Hoffman."

Travis was get called to a fight but before heading there they had this cute conversation. Oh that overprotective bastard! He gets under the pants of every girls in Eastern University but he can't afford to let anyone see under Abby's shirt, ugh he's adorable! Before the fight started Trav made a bet with Abby, if he wins she will move in with him for a month but if he loses then he must remain abstinent for a month also, then that is where their relationship gets more of a roller coaster ride!

They finally live together but Abby still plays her shit! She's seeing Parker and act as if she doesn't know that she's hurting Travis! At first I really don't understand her and why she continues to be in state of denial about her feelings for him but as I go deeper in the story I finally understand her fears, Travis is a threat! He may be the key that will unlock her past while Parker is the light that will shine away all its dark debris.

“I’m sorry, Shepley,” I called after him. He froze and wheeled around, with the face of a man that had reached his limit. “I wish you and Travis would just get your shit together! You’re a goddamn tornado! When you’re happy, it’s love and peace and butterflies. When you’re pissed, you take the whole fucking world down with you!” 

This is my other reason why I love this book! The other lovers Shepley and America makes me crazy. They are kinda funny and annoying at times because they feel that their relationship depends on the status of Abby and Travis' relationship. Shepley gets paranoid whenever there's something going on with Travis and Abby, he doesn't approve of the two going out together because he's afraid he'll lose America once Travis and Abby were over.

“To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her.” 

And....(drum rolls) the big day came (drum rolls) Travis and Abby were finally over! Now everything was messed up even Shepley and America! This is the part that broke my heart, I felt very sad about what happened to Travis he tried to act normal, he didn't push through  winning back Abby because he was so afraid that if he did't let her go he'll lose their friendship and he'll lose everything about her.

 “Fighting, laughing, loving or crying, if it was with him, I was where I wanted to be.” 

“I'll put everything I have. I don't regret a single second with you, Pidge, and I never will.”

“I was his exception, and as much as I had tried to fight my feelings, he was mine.” 

Of course this book wouldn't be perfect without these lovely quotes! There are lots of cute things Abby and Travis said to each other especially when they got back together, yes they are together again! hell if they don't end up with each other I would definitely be upset and just imagine my own ending in my mind. Anyways, the ending was so mind-blowing it made me scared for once (you'll know why if you will read it ) but then it made me really happy when they got their fairy tale ending!  

Jamie McGuire is brilliant! Beautiful Disaster is definitely a must read though it made my eyes puffy for lack of sleep I don't regret reading it because it was worth it! I heard they are going to make movie adaptation for this book huh the actors are better be good then! I also can't wait to read Walking Disaster because I am so excited to get into Travis'mind! Read this book and I am sure you won't get disappointed! 

Happy reading! :)