Review: Break my heart, why don't you!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
Well done, Janet, you made me cry!  While I was eating my dinner too!  Not a good combination...unless you intend to lose weight.  And I am just about to press 'buy' for the next installment - god, I love e-books!  Okay, so the writing is simple (in a good way), and Janet Grosshandler does a good job of showing teenagers as they really are.  Yes, there could have been a lot more detail included, and yes there were times where the writing was 'childish' when Cath was 45 years old!  Now, don't get me wrong, 45 year old women can be childish at times - this didn't actually feel like one of those times.  I haven't checked to see if this was your first book or not, but if so it would explain the feeling I got when reading this novel.But I have to say, the story was amazing.  True to life - too many times ficiotnal love stories where teenagers are involved end up HEA with pregnancies and marriages etc. but that isn't reality.  And too many times in real life parents are not supportive.  Grosshandler did a good job showing the reality of real life but with a positive side - a bit too positive at times, but then this is fiction.  I couldn't put the book down (see above that I read while I ate!) so even though there were 'issues' for me, they were worth putting up with to finish the story (and get the next one).  I don't like crying at books (one reason why I can't read Jody Picoult anymore) but I knew from the other reviews it was going to be a strong possibility - they weren't wrong.  My heart is breaking for Cath, but also for Jame.Oh, and one last thing - I would have liked more detailed intimacy.  I felt it was brushed over too many time, especially later on in the story when the details would have been most needed.