"Higher" by SexyLexiCullen

Posted by Ana & Mel

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It's the summer of 1994: dial-up Internet, pagers, Walkmans, AOL chat rooms, and O.J in a white Bronco. Bella Swan works part time at an ice cream parlor, making ice cream sundaes to save up money for college. Under the blazingly hot weather of Brooklyn, New York, where eighteen-year-old Bella  lives, she tries to pass the time with her best friends and without the interruption of her suddenly concerned mother, who up to this point, never really paid her any attention (that is, until she started dating the creeper named Phil, who Bella suspects checks her out when she comes out of the shower). Trying to stay away from her home (and Phil) as much as possible, she goes to her best friend Alice's house, who talks her and their common friend Rose into meeting up with a few guys she met on a chat room. After a long night full of Ecstasy, subway rides, dark dance clubs, and a boy she doesn't want to stay away from, everything changes for our sweet and not so innocent ice cream scooper. Thugward came barreling through and he was there to stay.

This story brought back a lot of great memories from the 90's. The setting is perfectly established and it almost feels like you are really going back in time. Like most of Lexi's story, Higher comes with a dash of the nitty-gritty reality that makes it intense with the perfect amount of romance. The story is mostly told from Bella's point of view, but we do catch a few glimpses of Edward here and there - or as the author calls him, Thugward. He is suave, a bit dark and filled with a whole lot of passion. Intense doesn't even come close to describe what Bella and Edward experience. One time was enough for them to realize there is no going back for either of them. But both of their lives aren't perfect and their pasts are even less so. They will have to fight to stay together and defend their relationship against relatives, people they thought were friends, and, sometimes, even themselves. But what they definitely won't be able to deny is that they, as a couple, are worth fighting for.

The story is filled with a lot of ups and downs, the funny moments make up for the drama our favorite couple goes through, not to mention the couple of almost-heart-attacks we had at later chapters. However, we promise it is a happily ever after for Thugward and his girl! It's a great story with short chapters that really made it a fast read. We actually couldn't put it down until we were finished! Go give it a shot, you won't regret embarking on this ride.

Higher consists of 40 chapters and 167,007 words. The story is rated MA for adult language, drug abuse, and hot sexual situations.

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