Review: Pick up this series!  Samantha Young is a talented author.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
Samantha Young's hit novel, On Dublin Streeet, first introduced us to Braden's lovable sister, Ellie Carmichael who has been in love with Braden's best friend, Adam Sutherland for years. We caught glimpses of their behind the scene romance while Joss and Braden had the spotlight.Now with the help of some flashbacks, we watch Ellie and Adam take the spotlight and show us just how their years of friendship and affection turned into love and passion.THOUGHTS:This was an enjoyable short story and a very clever way to bring us back to their beginning. As Ellie moves into Adam's apartment, she decides that she wants to give her diaries to Joss to use to write her next book. Adam walks in on her looking through her piles of diaries. Ellie begins the story by presenting him with her diary entry from age 14, when she first turned her affection for her big brother's friend into a young girl's first love. They then discuss monumental moments throughout the next few years and Ellie pulls out those important moments from her diaries.Adam is given a deeper understanding of Ellie's feelings for him and how his support and his neglect effected Ellie and certain choices she made in her life.It was a very clever way to keep us in the present and show us things which were only hinted at in the background of On Dublin Street. Samantha Young has a great writing style. She has written more than I have had a chance to read, but I have enjoyed all the stories I have read so far and am looking forward to more.