Review: It's all about Johnboy!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
Magan Vernon is on a roll!  This book has characters we first saw in her previous book The Only Exception.  This time we get to see Melanie, Monica's best friend, and the infamous "Johnboy" fall in love and overcome obstacles.  Magan Vernon once again did a fantastic job with her characters.  They're both so easy to like and relate to.  Johnboy is definitely a guy any girl could fall for.  He's hot, charming, considerate, and multi-faceted.  I don't know what I liked about him more; the face that he could make caramel cookie dough cheesecake with a chocolate topping (I want some!) or the fact that he was really there for Melanie in her time of need.Their journey isn't perfect.  Melanie has low self-esteem and it shows.  Johnboy keeps surprising her all the time and he keeps buoying her confidence.  Plus she's thrown for a loop and is surprised to see the Johnboy doesn't run.  She's also surprised to see the way the people she's close to step up. All in all, this is a great book with some fabulous dialogue.  Some of my favorite lines are: "I want to be your knight in shining armor. To take away the pain. I've never felt like this before and whatever we have, I don't want to lose it."(Kindle Locations 903-904).Another Johnboy dialogue that made my heart pitter patter: "It's always been you and me, Red. Even before we were us. You've always had the control in this relationship. Some things may distract us, but I'll always come back to you."(Kindle Locations 2843-2844).How can you not love a guy like that?  It was great to meet Short Stack, Johnboy's little frat brother.  It was also great to see Monica and Trey again.I'm loving Magan Vernon's books and characters.  I'm really looking forward to seeing what she publishes next.  I hope we get to see more of Melanie, Johnboy, Monica, and Trey.