Review: ARC review- engaging read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
This is a love story. About ordinary people with regular lives finding an extraordinary connection that changes everything.Emma is an artist. She is beautiful, confidant and independent.Cole is a lawyer. He is gorgeous,determined and smart.Together they're sweet, sexy and the passion-whew. Out of this world.So what is the issue?Emma is a little sister hidden by her Layla's lawyer big sister shadow. When Emma was on her own in Paris she was strong. Her own person. Back in Chicago she is the little sister worried about hurting or angering her adored big sister.Emma has had a crush on Cole since she first saw him over twelve years ago. Cole is four years her senior- and never saw the shy, cute girl across the street as a romantic option.I think Emma gets too caught up in hurting Layla. This is probably the big sister in me talking. Difficult to understand crushing your own heart and chance at happiness to keep family happy.As an aside-when the s*** hits the fan at Christmas the fight between Emma and Layla is fantastic and hilariously epic. Their dad is awesome.Cole is magnetic, to Emma and the readers. I loved how he kept thinking he was being too much of a girl thinking he wanted more than Emma did. He is ready to go all in! Never mind the fall out. He is determined to be with Emma. He never gives up even when it would be easier. And he is tempted. He loves Emma and opens up to her as he has never done with anyone before. Giving her the key to his past and one of the reasons he is so driven.Emma and Cole both need to allow themselves some distance from their families to be able to see clearly what they want and need out of life. This book is a heartfelt journey to where they both belong- in the now, with each other.