Ben wasn’t a jerk, he slept around but he was a decent guy something that usually doesn’t get shown a lot. Parker was a really cool girl! she was understanding, tough, outgoing and lovable.

The two main characters Ben and Parker…man! it really says something about the state of writing of other NA authors when I find it so incredibly surprising that I actually liked a female character’s portrayal in a new adult book. Considering it had dual POVs that was quick. I began reading this around ten at night and by two I was finished. That might not seem like a big deal to some but for me it is, unless its fantasy I like my books to stay on point and not drag on unnecessarily. The story was sweet, funny, sexy, angsty…and most importantly short. The humor in the main character’s banter was just the right amount, as I said before realistic. You don’t have to give ten, twenty or eighty pages to get the hang of the writing, the voice. The biggest USP of this book was its writing. Its not so much that the author has done something absolutely unique with what is an age old cliche formula but how she has taken something cliche, stuck to it and yet made it enjoyable. Just because it was NA and I found the premise to be quite predictable (and something that really wasn’t up my alley) I didn’t pick it up, but… Boy was I wrong in doing so! This book got recommended to me waaaayyyy back. One of the major problems I have with NA books is that they don’t get the tone right…the voice of whichever protagonist we are dealing with sounds too made up but thankfully that was not the case with blurred lines. And maybe, deep down, they never want to. With their friendship on the rocks for the first time, Parker and Ben face an alarming truth: Maybe they can’t go back. And when Ben starts seeing a girl from work, Parker finds herself plagued by unfamiliar jealousy. But when Parker’s ex decides he wants her back, Ben is shocked by a fierce stab of possessiveness. The sex is mind-blowing, and their friendship remains as solid as ever, without any of the usual messy romantic entanglements. The trouble is, even with Ben as her wingman, Parker can’t seem to get the hang of casual sex-until she tries it with him. But when Parker’s boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben’s no-strings-attached approach to dating.

Six years later, they’re still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland’s trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. Blurb: When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate-and platonic.

Blurred lines by lauren layne