Girls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer

Girls Love Travis Walker review and book tour

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Welcome to my tour stop for Girls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer. This is a New Adult contemporary recommended for ages 16+. The tour will consist of reviews, with a few guest posts and interviews. I received this book to review. The opinions shared here are 100% mine.

I haven’t really gotten the feel for the New Adult contemporary genre yet, but Girls Love Travis Walker is a great start. At first I thought this would be the average high-school hot guy book, but it’s so not. Travis Walker is used to the attention he gets based on his appearance. In fact, he comes to rely on it in many situations. But as the story goes on, author Anne Pfeffer gives him a much deeper sense of self. My heart went out to him, feeling his desperation and frustration with his situation. I kept wondering why all the adults around him didn’t seem to understand his need. However, the work ethic and pride with which Travis scaffolds his personal walls really help to define him as more than just a pretty face.

It’s been a while since I’ve flipped to the end of the book to make sure it ends the way I want it to, but I couldn’t resist with Girls Love Travis Walker. In my 16 years as a teacher (yikes, that’s almost as old as Travis is!!) I’ve met a lot of Travis characters. There have been many children who have walked through my classroom who have had to be the adult in the family. Many of the students in my classroom have come to school hungry, trying to hold together the shreds of their dignity. Girls Love Travis Walker is a reminder to all of us that compassion isn’t the same as charity; that it’s important to respect and love while offering assistance. Above all, this book sends a message that the American Dream can still be attained by those willing to work for it.

Girls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer

To nineteen-year-old high school dropout Travis Walker, women are like snowflakes–each one different, but beautiful in her own way. He can charm any girl he meets, and yet down deep he fears he’ll always be a loser like his jailbird father. As the landlady threatens to evict him and his sick mother, Travis takes a job he hates and spends his evenings picking up girls at a nearby night spot. When he enlists in a teen program at the local fire station, he finds out he’s amazing at it. Then he meets the smoking hot Kat Summers, enlists Kat’s friend Zoey to help him woo her, and falls in love for the first time ever. But he keeps the details of his life secret. His girl will never love him back if she knows the truth about him….

Links:

Amazon | Goodreads

Learn more about the author at:

www.annepfeffer.com

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Comments

Erika says

April 7, 2014 at 10:43 PM

Thank you for your thoughts! Added to my to-read list!

Candace says

April 7, 2014 at 11:13 PM

Wonderful review! I so agree, my heart really went out to him as well. What a tough situation! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing this one for the tour!

alesha ol says

April 12, 2014 at 2:06 PM

whew.. interesting, intriguing, thoughtful.. cannot say that about a lot of real men, let alone one in a book. hmn….

Sherry Compton says

April 13, 2014 at 7:38 AM

Sounds really good. Much more in depth and developed than title portrays.