Review: Swooooon!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
Oh, my!  Talk about being "taken"!  If you read Worth the Fall, you'll totally understand what I mean ;).  This was definitely my favorite book of the series.  I suppose it's because I can relate to Alison's character and personality the most (control freak, Type-A personality, you get my drift).  Alison is neurotic and Petey is laid back so you know the chemistry is off-the-charts! (***fans myself just thinking about it).  I won't lie and say this novel is original as the storyline has been done plenty of times, but Mara Jacobs invokes quite a bit of emotion, depth and character development between the main characters that you become attach to them and want to root for them so badly!  Jacobs allows you to get inside both Alison and Petey's head so you can really understand how they feel from the past and present, which is a combination of hate, heartbreak, hopelessness, hurt, uncertainty, and any other kind of "damaged" you can conjure up when you read about their tense relationship.  Although these feelings exist between the two, there's also love.  It's obvious they have strong feelings for one another, but it's a matter of them letting go of the past, forgiving one another (and their own self), and taking what they want to be happy together.  I look forward to reading an update on Alison and Petey in the next installment, Worth the Effort (Denise who was Alison's patient).