Review: More like two day seduction...(;
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
Review:5 Stars!Who doesn’t love a story about two people from different sides of town with a twist. Growing up Alea had a crush on her brother’s best friend, John. But no matter what she did, he wouldn’t notice her. She even wore a short skirt and thigh high boots and he told her to go home, like what the heck is wrong with this guy? But what Alea doesn’t know is that John can’t have her (you’ll find out why if you read the book!)Years later, John is on leave, home for only two weeks and Alea realizes this is her time. She will seduce John like she wanted to in high school. So when she hears John is home and there’s a party in his honor, she changes herself from her crazy self to her teacher self and attends the party to get John’s attention. There’s a problem with Alea’s plan, war has changed John. He doesn’t want a relationship, he just wants to be home for his two weeks and then leave, no strings attached to him and his hometown that he absolutely loathes. But once John sees Alea again he can’t help himself when the opportunity to kiss her presents itself. Like all things though, they get interrupted and things get sticky.One thing that hasn’t changed though is that Alea and John still come from different lifestyles. John is living the life of a soldier and Alea is a school teacher. This helps in the sticky situation, but also the flaming chemistry they have makes the solid ground they once lived on turn molten. John was supposed to stay away from Alea, but he couldn’t. What is he going to do if their lust turns into something else, what if everything he ever dreamed of happening happens. Will John stick around or will he let stereotypes and voices in his head lead him astray and back on a plane to his next mission?I fell in love with this book. All Alea ever wanted was John and all John wanted was Alea but life, threats, and judgements got in the way. The kind of things that shouldn’t affect someone’s choice in a loved one, did in this book. This story reiterates that love can be true and the forever kind. That even though divorce is a recurring reality in our daily lives, in this book and many others, helps those who have lost faith believe that love can be true if you take a risk and work at it. This book left me smiling and it will do the same to you. There’s no reason to skip over this book.