Elite
Author: Rachel
Van Dyken
Published:
Summary:
For Tracey Rooks,
life with her grandparents on a Wyoming farm has always been simple. But after
her grandmother's death, Tracey is all her grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite
University announces its annual scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity
to secure their future and enters. She isn't expecting much-but then she wins.
And life as she knows it will never be same . . .
The students at
Eagle Elite are unlike any she's ever met . . . and they refuse to make things
easy for her. There's Nixon, gorgeous, irresistible, and leader of a group that
everyone fears: The Elect. Their rules are simple. 1. Do not touch The Elect. 2.
Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to The Elect. No matter how hard she
tries to stay away, The Elect are always around her and it isn't long until she
finds out the reason why they keep their friends close and their enemies even
closer. She just didn't realize she was the enemy -- until it was too late.
Review:
When the cover
for “Entice” cover came out, I felt compelled to re-read this story again. Plus,
since I just started this blog I won’t be repeating myself. I really liked “Elite”.
I read it in one day. It was one of those stories that I just had to keep
reading. I wanted to find out what happened next even though I started to
figure it out on my own once I got into it. It was a fast read too. I think
even if I hadn’t intended on reading it in one day, I would have anyway. This
story has a bit of Romeo and Juliet flair with a godfather backing… if that
makes any sense to you!
Tracey is a shy
somewhat sheltered girl. She seems to know how to take care of herself but
sometimes our personalities can’t handle the pressure that we think we can
handle. Tracey, our female lead character, grows up on her grandparent’s farm
after her mom and dad are killed in a car accident. Tracey or Trace, to appease
her grandmother, signs up for the drawing and ends up winning a scholarship to
study at Eagle Elite. Her grandfather brings her to the school and she meets
the boys that run Eagle Elite. Nixon isn’t the typical preppy style, he is the
boy with the tattoos and the piercings. He is hard, strong, strict, and
sarcastic. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to like him or hate him. Chase also
has tattoos and isn’t as nasty and seems to have more of a caring personality
than Nixon. For me I love tattoos so
they both got brownie points right away. However, the second Nixon opened his
mouth… they were gone.
Here
the rules are clear:
1. Do not touch the Elect.
2. Do not look at the Elect.
3. Do not speak to the Elect.
Now how would we
have a story if she followed all the rules? Trace repeatedly broke the rules
and Nixon continued to tell her to follow them. When she finally gets to her
room after her terrible first encounter with Nixon and Chase, she meets her
roommate. Her roommate is Monroe, Nixon’s twin sister. They hit off and Monroe
treated her like a normal person.
Everything about
the book was great. I liked the sexual tension between Nixon and Trace, the
companionship from Monroe, the security from Chase. I won’t lie, after a little
bit, I began to put two and two together and figured out what was going on. It
didn’t take anything away from the story though. With this story, it’s hard to
tell everything I want to share without giving it away! You need to read this
book!
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