{"id":4044,"date":"2014-06-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2014-06-20T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:29:50","slug":"portrait-of-us-by-a-destiny-rhonda-helms-book-review-different-art-styles-masterpiece-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4044","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of Us, by A. Destiny & Rhonda Helms (book review) – different art styles, masterpiece together?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>She’s a nerd, he’s a jock.
\nHer family is well-off, his struggles to get by.
\nHer art is classic in perspective, his is post-modern<\/a> slashes and blotches.
\nThey’re like oil and water – how can they make collaborative artwork?<\/p>\n

Meet Corrine and Matthew here<\/a> at the art studio in chapter 1 (free!) as they find out about the big art contest, then see other Flirt series “first love, first kiss” books here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ever fall for someone who was your opposite?<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Portrait of Us (Flirt series) \/ A. Destiny and Rhonda Helms. Simon Pulse, 2014.\u00a0 [Flirt series site<\/a>] \u00a0 [author site<\/a>] \u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: To win the prestigious young artists’ competition, Corinne and Matthew must get past bad first impressions to mesh their wildly conflicting art styles into a masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Corrine is so happy to be in Teni’s studio this summer, but thinks the artist-in-residence wants her to abandon her controlled painting style by partnering the Chicago teen with Matthew, all bold and raw visuals, for the big contest.<\/p>\n

Jock guy and nerd-perfectionist girl have a long way to go before they can even begin to put paint to canvas, so different are they in every way.<\/p>\n

After several false starts, Corrine and Matthew begin to see how they can create a joint work of art for the national competition, and Corrine begins to fall for Matthew! But what if he’s ready to move on after they finish their summer project?<\/p>\n

Part of the Flirt series from Simon Pulse, this Portrait of Us<\/em> reflects Corrine’s first experience with something she can’t control – love.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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