Review: First loves always the strongest.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
ARC generously provided from publisher via NetGalley for honest review.Violet Smith and Zach Aubrey have history……the kind of history he regrets and she wishes she could forget.Everyone remembers their first love, and their first heart break. Unfortunately for Violet and Zach they are the same for each other. Violet fell for Zach at Yale and even though nine years have past she has never been able to forget him or get over her love for him. What is even worse is that the pain he caused changed her, closing off her heart and her true self.Zach has lived with the regret of walking away from Violet after she told him she loved him. It isn't that he didn't love her it just scared him because love truly was a completely new feeling for him. Violet was the first person to ever say those words to him and he freaked out. When he realized what he lost it was too late, she had already moved on, so Zach transferred so he wouldn't have to see her any more. Nine years later Zach is a successful songwriter and back up guitarist and determined to fulfill his dream of writing a rock musical. It hurts being in Deep Haven because it all brings back memories of Violet but the last thing he expects is to see her again.Violet is having a tough time. Her boyfriend was killed in an accident over a year ago and she is stuck. She wrote her first novel and it did pretty well but now she is faced with the deadline of the follow up novel and she has the worst case of writers block ever. She thinks an escape for a couple of weeks in the quite of Deep Haven is just what she needs. She is never more shocked then when she finds out the house she rented is also going to be occupied by the man who broke her heart.Zach sees this chance encounter as fates way of correcting past mistakes, Violet sees it as opening past wounds. Can Violet get past the hurt and find Zach again and can Zach break through Violet to make her see they belong together?I think everyone can relate to a first love heart break story. And as much as I wanted these two to work out I will admit I wanted Zach to feel a little pain in order to make up for past hurts. What is wonderful is seeing how even though Zach and Violet have grown apart and changed they are still internally the same people and they help bring out the best in each other. It is a really sweet story of first and everlasting love that you just have to cheer for. Violet must determine if she can trust Zach again as well as forgiving herself for never truly loving Shep (her dead boyfriend) the way that he deserved. Zach is willing to do whatever it takes to make all Violet's dreams come true no matter what the cost. He knows she is it for him and he will do whatever it takes and wait for as long as necessary. This is really a full circle story and it was a fun ride to be a part of.