Chapter 3
The next morning, we find Jacque up
before anyone else. She is doing what
she can to keep a grip on things, trying to figure out why she is so nervous
about meeting the new guy – other than that pesky voice in her head thing.
Something inside is telling her that her life has changed in a big way because
of this new guy. I am not sure I would call the foreshadowing as much as a big “well
duh”, because her life will never be the same – but still it a clue to the
first time reader that soon nothing will be as it was.
After her shower, Jacque finds her
to friends waking up. During some fun banter between Jacque and Jen, we learn
that Sally is the one that keeps the peace around there, and keeps them on
track.
While Jen and Sally get dressed,
Jacque sets out to find her mom and get their plan in motion. This is when we
are introduced to Lilly Pierce, who is cooking up a true southern dinner to
take over to the new guy, and providing a perfect in for our 3 curious ladies.
Lilly is suspicious of the offer to
help, but she had planned on asking them for help anyway. However, Lilly cannot
just go without questioning the girl’s motives a little, so she tries to find
out if the sudden urge to meet the new guy is because of Trent. Trent is Jacque’s
ex-boyfriend. Apparently they went
together for several years, and although everything seemed to be fine. About
two months prior to the beginning of our story, he just broke it off one day
without really explaining why. Jacque ends that line of thinking right there
and we move on to getting ready to go. As prep goes underway, Jacque senses
that her mother is worried – but she is unsure about what. This is your first clue that Lilly “knows”
something.
Finally everyone is ready and they
head over to the Henrys’
My Thoughts:
By now, we have determined that a
lot of internal dialog takes place. This
is one of my favorite things about this series, the dialog, both internal and
between the characters. It isn’t just the girls who have this fabulous banter
between each other; they have it with everyone they come around.
I find it a little frustrating that
we are told that Lilly has “feelings” about things, and throughout the book she
“knows” things – but we never really find out why that is. Maybe it is just
really strong intuition? I’m hoping to find out in a different book.
When we first are introduced to
Trent, I expected him to show up later in the book, possibly breaking up with
her because he knew something she didn’t. As we learn about Lucas, I was
thinking he might be a part of that pack and found out his Alpha had laid
claim. After reading the book, I tend to lean more on he was a guy.
Favorite Points:
Lilly knows something. At this point
I was thinking it was possible that she was a werewolf and just hadn't told
Jacque. I also considered the fact that maybe she just felt that something was
going to take place between this young man and her daughter and was concerned
about how that would turn out. Definitely not expecting what was actually going
on in her mind.
Favorite Lines:
This chapter actually has several
lines that I really enjoyed, so I just picked a few
…it
was summer in south Texas, after all, which basically meant frying
eggs-on-the-side-walk hot (having lived in many parts of Texas, I can
personally relate to this statement)
“Thanks
to you, Jen, I will probably introduce myself to him by calling him hottie.”
“Well
if you do, I will be sure to do you the honor of laughing my ass off.” Jen said
graciously.
Oh,
well. Could be worse. She could be hearing voices…oh wait, she was. Well, crap.
Things We Learned:
- Jacque feels that her life may never be the same
- Jacque is sarcastic
- Jen can be just as sarcastic as Jacque
- Occasionally Jacque and Jen butt heads
- Sally is the peacekeeper of the trio
- Lilly Pierce is Jacque’s mother
- Lilly often has “feelings”
- Jacque can sometimes feel people’s emotions
- Jacque has an ex-boyfriend named Trent
- Lilly is worried about something
- Sally is very efficient
- Sally has long coffee-colored hair and mocha-colored skin
- Sally is beautiful
- Jen likes to sing in the shower, but apparently does so “proudly and tunelessly”
- Jen is blond
- Jacque knows that her best friends have her back no matter what
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