Review: My review from MustReadBooksOrDie
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
I reviewed this at MustReadBooksOrDie with my friend Shelley.Shel: The slow burn of angst..that's how I would describe this. Here are my common reactions:OHHH he sounds hot.FACEPALMNOOO...just tell him.Awww. He's so sweet. Why won't he let her know how sweet he is?No. No. No. SMH NOOOOO. WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS? Sigh.This is just wrong. SHE is just wrong. How COULD she?That's painful.OH YAY!!!!!Finally...this book was fast.Court: Seriously, Shel. This is hilarious. And seriously what we were doing. A lot of sounds that don't form words were coming out of my mouth in major frustration to the decisions Holly was making!shel: So--in a nutshell--I really liked him; Kepler was way underestimated by Holly and many others. He's not some hotshot soccer god...he's just a guy who is ready for the next phase of his life. Holly is ambitious to a fault, sometimes, and this tends to cloud her judgement. All of the miscommunications and misunderstandings create an slew of problems but somehow these two are able to work around it.court: I loved Kepler. He is played up to be this tabloid frequenting playboy, and he admits in some ways maybe he was that guy. But unless you ask him, you have no idea what he does behind closed doors. I liked that he was very upfront and basically dared everyone to do just that, and didn't hide behind anything. He does what he wants. He is passionate about soccer. And really wants to dislike Holly based on principal! But he can't.shel: The angsty parts come early and often and the resolution is swift. If anything, that may be my problem...the ending snuck up on me and I was left with many questions.court: I desperately need an epilogue. Desperately. It doesn't feel done. I really enjoyed the parts of the story we did get. But there are quite a few questions left unanswered that kept this from being 5 Stars amazing for me! Luckily the meat of the story holds it up pretty high, but I have to say that was a bit disappointing.Shelley: 3 1/2 Stars Courtney: 3 1/2 Stars