Review: WITH THIS HEART Will Capture *Your* Heart...And Never Let Go!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
No rehash of the plot here.  The summary is a good one, and it's all you need before reading WITH THIS HEART.Author R.S. Grey was completely new to me when I stumbled across this book while hunting Amazon for something that would capture my attention.  Lemme just say?  She's on my radar in a BIG way now!Telling a story truly is an art form.  Two people can tell the same story, and one version will grab me by the throat and not let go.  The other will quickly end up on my did-not-finish pile.  This author has a...way...a 'voice'...about her.  I literally couldn't stop reading!  She writes with a wonderfully dry and self-deprecating sense of humor, but that's tempered by this lovely, charming sense of youthful innocence and pure FUN.  I fell in love with Abby and Beck for that very reason.I <3 <3 <3 a good road trip story!!  Abby and Beck swept me up and took me with them - or so it felt.  I could have sworn I was bumping along in that VW camper with the two of them, seeing the sites, getting to know one another, and, ahem, making myself scarce when the romance of the open road worked its magic ;)There's almost nothing better than losing myself so completely in a story that I come to think of the characters as friends.  I laugh with them.  I cry with them.  I even TALK to them!  Yup, that's right.  I do.  I found myself talking to Abby, Beck, Caroline, even Abby's mom.  I was thoroughly absorbed.The one thing I would have liked was to learn more about Beck, get inside his head.  Maybe if I ask nicely R.S. Grey will write a companion from Beck's point of view?  Pretty please?  ;)WITH THIS HEART is for anyone who loves good storytelling.  It's for anyone who loves to *FEEL* emotions of every kind.  WITH THIS HEART is this sweet, funny, poignant, and ultimately joyous slice of life.  It made my heart glow.  PLEASE give it a chance, and I know it will do the same for you!<3