Love of Character

      Kiara is a normal Colorado girl who loves her family, nature, and vintage cars. She has never been one of the popular girls, her best friend and only friend is Tuck, a flamboyant gay boy who helps her develop her Rules of Attraction. Kiara is a determined individual, who tries to be strong at every moment. Because of the fact that she had a lisp since she was little, she has never been very confident. By working on it and fixing it every day she was ready to show everyone how newly confident she was. I believe this is what led her to fall for Carlos. Since she had a new found confidence, and with being so stubborn she didn't allow him to play her like he did to most girls. Kiara is the type of person girls should look up to. She's the type of person who makes things happen for herself, and even though she was at first reluctant to the idea, let herself fall in love.
          Carlos is a hot headed Latino, who is bitter about his move to Colorado. After his big brother Alex got out of the Latino Blood gang, Carlos felt betrayed. Since Mexico was no longer safe for Carlos his mother sent his to live with his brother. When he gets to Colorado he makes his life much harder than it should be. He is so stubborn that he won't allow himself to even give this new home a chance. He would rather stay in his ways and make trouble, than be the guy his family knows he could be. When he first meets Kiara he is annoyed by her. The fact that she was just as stubborn as him, and dressed as if she had no one to impress did not appeal to him at all at the beginning. After Kiara began to let her wall down to him, is when the readers began to see the real Carlos, because as soon as she became vulnerable, he did as well.  The point in the book where the reader can really see that Carlos has fallen in love with Kiara, the girl unlike another that he has met, is when they are watching the movie and he thinks he has heard a gunshot, then he hovers over Kiara to protect her. Even though the gun shots were not real, the fact remains that Carlos risked his life to save Kiara. After this he continues to protect her for the rest of their lives.