Review: What can I say about this book? Wow! Just … wow!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
I love how this book starts with Abby in a  … Do I give it away or entice you to go and read it?! I say go read it! Beck follows her into the shop and their story starts. No leading in with exposition, no back story before the main characters meet. Nope. This launches straight into them meeting and I love it!Abby is nineteen and Beck is twenty-one. Although I’m waaay past this age group as a reader, it didn’t stop my enjoyment of it. I think that I would’ve loved to have read this book if I’d been reading more around that age (and this was published of course!) I think I missed out on a lot of great books by: a. not reading for ten years once I hit adulthood, and b. because there wasn’t this fantastic genre called New Adult (or even Young Adult) back then. Yay for authors recognising a need for books for the teens-becoming-adults reader range.I was surprised within myself that I was able to ‘see’ this as I read. I’m not always good at having a movie-like view going on in my head, it takes a great book to be able to do that for me and this is one of them. Perhaps not a vivid view, but deep within my head, I could see Abby and Beck going through everything, feel Abby’s emotions of loss and pain (and yes, I used many tissues) and the excitement of trying new things. I’m so happy she had the guts to try the things she did and to grab life by the horns.This may not be a ‘standard’ reviewing of a book, but I’m not going to rehash the entire plot for you. I love where their road trip takes them and I love their journey overall. I laughed, I cried, I felt their pain and their joy. RS Grey successfully made me feel along with the characters and I was sorry to see the book end. However, in saying that, I really liked how it did end and her ‘grand gesture’ for Beck.Beautifully written with well-formed story and characters. Thumbs up for RS Grey’s With this Heart.