Review: i enjoyed it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
Getting By by Claudia Burgoa3 StarsThe first time Emma and Jake meet they find themselves trapped in a lift. It may have been only for a few minutes, but the bond was made. Left to serendipity they see each other again and embark on a light, no strings attached relationship. Of course that’s not how it stays.Eventually Emma decides that this isn’t going to work. Fate however hasn’t quite finished with them yet. They are thrown together when they attend a wedding. The weeklong celebration reminds them both why they were a couple in the first place.This is a nice, easy going romance read with nothing too complicated and without any devastating plot twist. There was the odd typing error which included random speech marks and as it was written in 1st person, it became confusing at times when reading the thoughts of either Emma and Jake then jumping straight into someone else’s conversation without starting a new line. Because of that I had to re-read a paragraph to see who was speaking, though this could just be a formatting issue with the mobi file I was sent.The story is centred on the wedding week when we see how and why they are both mentally messed up. The pace works well and when it’s light between them, you can really feel the connection.When things got a little heavier, Jake didn’t ring true to me. I understand why he’s doing the pushing away, but if he was so upset when she initially broke it off, why doesn’t he try harder to keep her this time?Saying that I did enjoy this book. It’s never too taxing and on the whole all the characters are believable, therefore if you like romance novels you will enjoy this.Copy supplied for review