Book Review: More Than Her by Jay McLean

Review:
More Than Her by Jay McLean

Ah, More Than series, we meet again. After reading More Than This, I immediately downloaded the next four books of the series. I didn’t care who or what they were about, but if they gave me the feels at least half as much as the first book, then it was totally worth it.

I was not disappointed.

Once again, Jay McLean did what so many strive to do in a New Adult/Romance novel. The book hops back and forth between past pre-meeting, past-post meeting, and present for a while. Easy to understand if you read the title of each chapter (sometimes I was halfway down the page before I realized that this was supposed to take place pre-meeting or something stupid like that).

*****SPOILERS AHEAD*****

More Than Her is book two in the More Than series.

“For every actions, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
For every choice, you make there are rewards, or there are consequences.
It was my choice to walk away the first time.
And my choice to chase her the second.
But sometimes you don’t get a choice,

and all you get are the consequences.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

Unless that someone is Logan Matthews.
Because loving him didn’t give me the strength to walk away.
It didn’t give me the courage to fight for him.
And when it was over, all it gave me was a broken heart.

*****SPOILERS AHEAD*****

We get a short glimpse of More Than Her at the end of More Than This. Here, we learn that the next book is about Logan. Sweet man-whore Logan that is the sole reason for Jakey and Kayla meeting!! As with all other “I-sleep-with-anything-that-moves” characters, at first, I’m a little concerned. Is this going to be another “I only slept with all those girls because I was in love with you!” characters? Then, this beautiful sneak-peak was at the end of the first book:

Logan

If you knew about my past, you’d understand why I don’t let people get too close to me. The people who are supposed to love you don’t always love you back. Sometimes, they hurt you, physically and emotionally. Sometimes they just check out completely.

In my nineteen years, I’ve only loved one person-my dad, or Dr. Matthews, as most people know him. He saved my life. I’ve come close to loving only one other person-or at least I thought it could be love. But I had to kill that idea really fast because you’re not supposed to fall in love with your best friend’s girl.

WOAH. HOLD UP. Best friend’s girl????? But Logan’s best friend is Jake???
That must mean…

Logan is in love with Micky.
Though I could not handle myself if Jake were to lose Kayla, I knew I had to give Logan a chance. He was such a tool in More Than This, but he was Jake’s bestie, I HAD to give him a chance.

I’m so glad that I did.
I have not fallen for a man so quickly since I met Chris (side note: Chris is my amazing boyfriend of five and a half years who I love more than life itself. <3).
The beginning of the book starts with a scene from More Than This (another important reason to read the books in order!) It’s an irritating scene where Micky’s cheating ex-ass proposes to her at a party. Cam (one of the friends from the group Micky went to prom with) notes Logan watching the scene in front of them. He grills him about his feelings towards Micky and he admits that he thinks he loves her.
I have already bit all my fingernails off within the first paragraph of the book.
Cam (who I will review about when Lucy and Cam’s book comes along) quickly sets him straight, telling him about how he and Lucy met and the feelings he has towards the girl he has been with since high school. Logan realizes that he loves Micky like he loves Lucy (who he is really close with) and is relieved when he realizes that he, indeed, is NOT love his best friend’s girl.

Whew. Crisis averted.

Then we get into the super deep sh*t.
Enter Amanda.
Amanda is a girl who went to high school with Micky, she attended her family’s wake and gave her condolences. This is the Logan-Amanda meeting. We learn that Logan was thinking with the head that isn’t on his shoulders, so Amanda quickly knees him in said head. Then we’re thrown into a world of fuckery where Amanda and Logan have one date, one single date. It’s magical. It’s beautiful and perfect and everything meeting your soul mate would be. They make plans to meet again, because obviously.
Then they don’t. 

Amanda thinks: he blew me off.
Logan thinks: I need to be here for Micky. I think I love her.

                                                                                       

Logan is quick to fix the sitch, but then it happens again.
Amanda thinks: asshole.
Logan thinks: I care about Micky, she needs me. I think I love her.

Because this is pre-party (where Cam sets Logan straight about his feelings), Logan promises to call Amanda back, because crap, he really likes Amanda. He also doesn’t understand how he feels about Micky, so he decides he can’t call Amanda. He can’t think of anything to say to her and he knows she’s worth everything.
This is the first selfless glimpse of Logan that we see.
I knew I was SO screwed after that.
From here on out, we’re thrown into a roller coaster of tears and buckets of ice cream. Logan gets kicked out of his frat house for having sex with another frat bro's sister. He ends up moving in with a guy named Ethan and his sister Dimmy… Dimmy is Amanda. Logan and Amanda find themselves in each other’s arms again soon enough.
(Also, important to note that all the characters from More Than This end up going to the same college after high school. It felt kind of unrealistic, but maybe friends really do that? I don't know, I don't have any friends).
They’re happy and everything is working out.

It is mentioned that Logan is adopted. His parents beat the crap out of him when he was younger and when he was taken to the hospital after a particularly horrible beating, his birth parents never came back.
Enter Dr. Matthews who saves Logan from the pain. This is the thing that makes your heart ache about Logan. Behind the sex and gross comments, he is BROKEN. It makes you love him. He has been through so much and all you can do it feel for him!
Logan’s birth father also had another daughter by the name of Megan.

Megan, as in Megan that is Micky’s ex-best friend that was sleeping with Micky’s ex for two years, yeah, that Megan.
It’s a complete smack in the face.
Logan wants to meet her, get to know her. At the end of Micky and Jake’s book, you learn about what happened to Megan after everything that went down with Micky and her family. She ends up on the wrong side of the tracks with some drugs and her (and Logan’s) real dad. Pregnant, beaten, addicted to hard drugs, and suicidal, Megan is admitted when Logan visits her (along with Amanda, Micky, and Jake).

Logan gets Dr. Matthews to transfer Megan to somewhere safer where her (their) dad and Megan’s druggie ex-boyfriend can’t get to her.
This pisses the druggies off, big time.
Finally, after celebrating Logan’s birthday and having tons of happy moments, Logan and Dimmy (lol) make their way back to the house… only to be greeted by Logan’s real dad and Megan druggie ex-boyfriend and another random dude.
They beat the life out of Logan, break Amanda’s arm, and almost rape her before the rest of the gang arrives.
Logan and Amanda end up in the hospital and Logan makes a decision that punches you in the gut.
He leaves Amanda and leaves the country.
And he left my heart there too.

To be honest, Amanda wasn't my favorite heroine. I feel like Logan deserved a lot better. But I loved Logan so much that I ignored hating her.

Rating?
Five out of five stars.

XOXO 

Kaysee Castor 

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