Review: loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
This book caught my eye because the story is set in the UK and it makes a great change to read something from over there! The story is written in both Ness and Evan’s point of view so you can connect to both characters well.There was so much that kept me gripped with this book. The crafty way it's written transported me right back to that age, and all the angst that goes with it. It was like the author was reliving parts of my past in the way she interweaved the characters and the different issues they faced at that time of life. It was spot on for that age bracketI like that Evan is very different to a lot of male characters in this genre - I just don’t like books with controlling, obsessive heroes. It’s hard to say much about him without spoiling it for another reader, but I'll just say there is more to him than meets the eye, which is refreshing.I found myself connecting immediately with Ness she clearly has an idea of what she wants to do but like Evan is struggling to match the idea of what her life should be like compared to the reality.As you’d expect, there’s some steamy scenes and a some angst. And of course a hot English guy! But thankfully NO love triangle.The story is different to anything I’ve read before clear a day if you start this novel, the hook, Lucy, will have you frantically reading to find out who she is, and how she fits in.