Review: Cute college romance novel.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Dearest Clementine started off with a bang for me. I absolutely loved Gavin and I really liked Clementine for the most part. She is a tough cookie with rich girl problems but I enjoyed her “take no bull” personality. Gavin… oh Gavin… another perfect book boyfriend.Dearest Clementine tells the story of Clementine; a college senior who was cheated on by her high school sweetheart, been stalked by her professor freshman year, and treated horribly by her parents. Clementine has trust issues to say the least and does not date or even care to look at a man. She focuses on school and writing her indie books. She closes herself to everyone and anyone.Clementine meets sexy dorm room R.A. Gavin. He is described as a Henry Cavill lookalike if that tells you anything. Yum! He is just an all around good guy and those are the guys I love. He simply becomes friends with Clementine wanting to become more with her but knows slow is good. They have an adorable friendship/flirtation thing going on. This part of the book was very enjoyable and I was ready to give the stars 4.5 stars… than the end came and it all just went down for me. I hate to say it but the book lost me. I was only finishing it to see how it ends since I was invested 75% of the way already.Clementine past comes back into play. From her ex boyfriend, the professor that was stalking her and the indie book that is basically a biography of her life plays a part. All this just happens at once and it is just way too much in such a short amount of the book left. It was all wrapped up so quickly and easily. I am afraid to say I just did not like the ending. Gavin is amazing of course but with so much going on I wanted more Gavin and Clementine’s story.I really enjoyed the authors writing and was very entertained for most of the book (until the end). It started off with a really sweet story and great characters. I would definitely ready more in the future and look forward to the next book in the series involving Jax, Clementine’s twin brother.I give Dearest Clementine 3 Stars