Review: A great debut novel!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
Actual Rating: 4.5 StarsTell Me When follows the story of Amber and Marcus. Amber is starting college and should be focusing on classes and making her dreams come true. However, her past isn't making that easy. She's waking up in the middle of the night with nightmares and is barley getting any sleep, not to mention she keeps having flashbacks of things she'd much rather forget....Then, she meets Marcus.......Marcus has the worst reputation, but is intrigued by Amber. He keeps bumping into Amber everywhere, but she won't give him the time of day. But then Marcus offers to help Amber with her math, and suddenly he doesn't just want to have a hook-up. He finds that he wants to know her more and wants to finally share his painful past with someone...Tell Me When is told from dual points of view. It is an amazing story about two damaged people, trying to move on from their pasts. This story deals with some very heavy subject matter and my heart broke when I discovered what happened to both Amber and Marcus. I loved Marcus' character. He was very supportive and patient with Amber and really helped her deal with her issues. I thought their relationship was great and I enjoyed watching them fall in love.It's hard to believe that this a Stina Lindenblatt's debut novel. I thought that the story was very well written and I had a hard time putting it down. I really enjoy story's about broken people searching for their happily ever after and this was well done. I am definitely looking forward to reading more from this author!