Review: Where do I start?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
I do not know where to start.  I had so many different emotions while I read this book.I didn't like it and then I loved it. I didn't like the main character and then I loved the main character.If you are anything like me, I do not like a "weak" female lead. I am a strong, independent woman and love to read about others like me. Makenna is weak, but she has a reason to be that way. She loses someone she was in love with 2 years earlier and she "stumbles every day through her life trying to make people think she is fine." But she is far from fine.Her good friend Callie tries to encourage her to move on with her life and start dating Drew. Mak does what she think Callie wants her to do with the hopes that she can move on and get better, but things do not turn out the way you would hope. When she dates Drew, it really drove me crazy. She doesn't kiss him for months but yet they move their relationship to new levels and I find that to be weird. But as you continue to read the story, you find out why it is "weird".  During the time of her dating Drew, she friends a soldier at war as a class project for her students at school. The soldier, Sawyer, is having a hard time being where he is at and is grateful for the friendship. They begin to video chat and build a great friendship.When you think things are going good, things turn bad and when things turn bad, things start going good.You really need to read this to see how the relationships work out. I know several people put this in their review, but I have to also, because it really is a great line in the story. It shows you how life can really change in a blink of an eye and things are never what they seem to be.  It also has be believing to always trust your "gut feeling".If there was a  star, I would probably give this book 4  stars instead of just 4. I usually like a more "alpha male" story and not such a weak lead female, but once you get into reading the story, the puzzle all gets put together. But don't think when you are almost finished with the book, that the craziness is over. It keeps you on your toes till the very end, which is what made this story a fun one to read.