Review: Very intense, emotional read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
From the title and the description, I was expecting a mostly lighthearted story.  You know, makes you feel good as you read it and is covered with a nice sensual haze.  I mean, the book opens up with Carrie being lonely and replying to an anonymous ad for once a week kissing sessions.  So, you know there's going to be kissing.  And you know there's going to be a story behind the kissing-only thing.  I'd say the first third of the book was pretty much just as I would have hoped from any book I choose to read - a great, novel premise with an emotional writing style.  Then things started getting intense.  The story grabbed me hard and I could barely put the book down.  I started expecting a Jane Eyre-style reveal - the twists and turns were so gripping but they were very original.  I ended up reading as I tried to make spaghetti, just because I couldn't leave these characters behind.  I tried really hard not to cry too much while I worked on dinner, but it was really emotionally intense (in a good way).  I can't say that everything was resolved by the end of the book.  But both characters found a way to be together and grow through their issues.  I think this author will need to go on my auto-buy list.