Review: Intriguing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2011
I read this book because I really enjoyed The Cranberry Hush and the reviews so far of this one were good. After reading The Painting of Porcupine City, I still like The Cranberry Hush better, but this one for me somehow has a more spiritual significance. It's hard to explain... the ending just struck something within me. In the epilogue, when Ben wrote that Mateo was a bridge for Fletcher it perfectly described how I feel about someone I knew a few years ago.Four Parts (no numbered chapters) and about 8000 locations.The Facts are Mateo's livelihood; they are his reason for being. Avoiding getting his heart broken is Fletcher's MO for being the hook-up only playboy he has come to be. A trunk filled with spray paint brings them together, but their journey to find their own Heavenspot is not so easy.A lot of different people loving people in different ways, a couple of unfortunate events & decisions, and a little bit of fate affect everyone.I was disappointed only twice:  once by Fletcher on Valentine's Day and again by Mateo at the end. But if they hadn't disappointed me when they did then the story wouldn't have been the same and I wouldn't want it to be different. People are put into our paths for a reason and most of the time we are better people ourselves for having known them. No matter why or how long our paths stayed crossed or why or how long they take to cross again there is always a reason.