Beautiful Disaster Series
*Spoilers
Beautiful Disaster
I remember the first time I saw this book. The cover caught my eye, and the summary on the back caught my attention. It was finished that day.
Abby Abernathy is trying to start again. She left her hometown, best friend in tow, to start college far away from her past. She's trying to be the good girl now. The girl no one knows. The girl only known as Abby.
When America, her best friend, drags her out to see the secret Circle put on their local fight - she is not impressed when her cardigan is the splash zone for the losing opponent's blood. However, when she looks up, Travis Maddox is standing in front of her and her whole world is about to change.
Travis Maddox is definitely the school slut. If he carves any more notches into his bedpost, the bed is going to collapse. Not that anyone has ever been in his bed, the girls don't make it past the couch. Classy, right? but there is something about Abby that he is so intoxicating that he cannot get enough of her.
They become best friends, and Abby is insistent they stay only friends. On the night of one of Travis' fights, he bets her that if he can go the whole fight without getting hit once then she will have to live with him for one month. If he gets hit, he has to be abstinent for one month.
Travis doesn't get hit.
Spoiler alert, they fall in love. They both have issues to deal with though and Abby's past cannot stay hidden for long, and trying to get through those together, or apart, is difficult on both of them.
Walking Disaster
This book is Beautiful Disaster told through Travis's' eyes. It is just as beautiful a story as it is through Abby's. I can never choose which one I love more. We see a lot more interaction between Travis and Shepley (America's boyfriend and Travis' cousin), as well as his dad and brothers which is very sweet. Some scenes in Abby's story end when she falls asleep, but we see the scene continue since Travis is still awake which is fun. Definitely read Abby's story first; fall in love with Travis through her eyes before you fall in love with him through his.
Trust me, you're going to fall in love with him.
We get a glimpse into their future, about a decade down the line.
This becomes important so read carefully.
Beautiful Wedding
Spoiler alert, they get married.
The how, what, why I will leave for you to find out. This short novella gives us 2 stories, technically. The first is their elopement on the infamous night (this night pops up in every book to follow so pay attention to it) and it goes between both their perspectives.
However, America is royally pissed off that she didn't get to be a witness, nevermind Abby's maid of honour, so she is allowed to plan their vow renewal on their one year anniversary that we get to see as well. It's all very sweet and all ties together - this overlaps in every book to follow too, so pay extra attention to this one.
McGuire's writing never faults for a second. The characters she has written are so perfect and tragic and their stories will be ripping you to shreds again and again. Travis and Abby are my favourite of the couples, and not just because they were my first (but partly because we get both sides to their story). The way they feel about each other and even after all they go through, Abby is right when she says most girls dream about a guy like Travis - at least in how he treats her. What girl doesn't want to be treated like they are the most precious thing in the world to their partner? If you're lucky, you find one.
These two are ones I come visit often and I laugh and cry at the same parts each time. They really are a beautiful disaster, but it works.
and it's awesome.
You will not be able to put these Maddox boys down.
1 down, 4 to go.
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