Review: Read with comfort food...you'll need it.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
*I received this book free from NetGalley on behalf of Forever (Grand Central Publishing) in exchange for an honest review*This is a sad story, filled with heartbreak, longing, and people you want to smack and tell to ‘wake the heck up’. It alternates between the points of view of Pixie and Levi, two lifelong friends who were distanced by a tragedy.Pixie is an art student who loves to paint. With summer off she decides to work at her aunt’s inn. Free room and board, you can’t beat that. But then again, her lovely meddling aunt did not tell her who also worked there for free room and board. Levi.Levi, a college quarterback on academic suspension, finds himself speechless when he sees Pixie again. Seeing her brings back the pain of the tragedy they shared and the only way he knows to stop the pain is to fight with her.And fight they do. Levi uses all the hot water, leaving Pixie to cold showers. Pixie gets payback by shorting out the power whenever she knows Levi is trying to use it. They fight and argue and it only brings them closer to what they want…each other. But it’s a fight neither of them is willing to give into.This is a sweet story, but goodness gracious it’s mostly just depressing. I read it longing for something good or something happy to happen, but when it did, it didn’t last long. This is a book that requires comfort food while reading…bring on the chocolate!My Favorite Laughable Moment: Brownies! Payback can be so sweet. Or in this case, not so sweet.My Favorite Moments: I thoroughly enjoyed all the things both Pixie and Levi thought to themselves about the other one. Some of those thoughts were quite entertaining.