Review: Highly, Highly Recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2012
Such an amazing book! I can't deny that I was often frustrated with Emma and agreed with Jackson that she was throwing everything away, but even though I wasn't happy about it, I couldn't deny that the author did a fabulous job of giving the perfect reasons for why she was doing what she was doing. I can't say that I would, at any point, have acted at all different that Emma. From the situation with Sean, to the one with Claire, even when she had moved back and wanted to stay away but found she couldn't say no. I even would have left everytime exactly at the same points she did. She was such a real character, with honest emotions, and this book was beautifully written! Jackson however did change into a character I didn't love quite as much in the second half of the book, he scared me in fact, but I thought that situation was handled really well too. I loved that the author actually addressed his behavior changes and possession need when Jackson admitted he needed Emma and that she was the only one who could fix what he knew was wrong. Some of the "shockers" in the story were pretty clear and obvious to me. I knew what happened to her report from the Hamptons before it even happened, and I saw how the Claire story line was going to play out, but it really was extremely well written. My only flaw in the work report story line that bothered me was the fact that it wasn't fully thought through by the author. As soon as Emma finished it, she emailed it. I know why her boss didn't use that version, it was explained well, but before her boss made the decision that she did, shouldn't she have looked at the file emailed? There was no way that one would have been altered or the incorrect one, so why didn't her boss do anything to see whether Emma actually did what she said or not?? That bothered me because it was just a flaw in the story. I wish there had been more about Mia and Nathan in the end; I would have liked to follow up with them a little more, but I understand that they were minor characters, so who really cares. Basically, I loved this book. I loved the characters, the passion, the story line, the details, just everything!! Very Much Recommended to anyone looking for a romantic book escape!!!!