Review: a feel-good professor-student romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
It was a big surprise when 22y.o. college senior realizes that her new lit-class professor is the man she just spent the night with. It doesn't stop them from spending time together as much as they can, bringing them closer to the edge beyond their student-professor boundaries.  Their relationship gets more complicated with rivals for heroine's affection and Hero's plans to temporarily move to another state.  How much of their ever-increasing closeness jeopardizing their secret relationship?This was like a 21st-century New Adult fairy tale. The feel of the story, characters, & romance had this other-worldly, feel-good quality.  There were no villains in the story. Just some rivals for the main characters' affections. But there were major dilemmas separating Hero and heroine from each other.  I liked how they pushed through to be together without quite jeopardizing Hero's job and her student status.  They danced around the boundaries to be as close as they could possibly be without completely breaking the college's rules. It showed not only how they felt about each other but how important their being together was to each other. The sexual scenes reflected their relationship from being lust-driven at the start to being more emotion-filled later. I liked how everything came together for everybody at the end. Things happened naturally and in a hope-filled way. The only quibble I have is the unanswered question I have of why Hero only gave a teaser their first night together & not more than that.I loved the dialogue in this book. The characters' language and actions were typical of those currently in their 20s.  Although simply worded, the content of their discussions were deeply philosophical. The coming-of-age and other dilemmas they faced about graduating from college were realistic. The characters questioned the uncertainties, life changes, & adjustments to being in the real-world unless choosing graduate school.  It was a good representation of what current college graduates face.Recommended.*ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review.**A more detailed review is on my blog ...  [...]