Review: Very different from her others
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2012
This is quite a bit different from Elizabeth's other novels. It is not light and carefree, and that is because it is about cheating.  I don't often read books that involve cheating as I find they generally fall into one of two categories. 1: They are too painful, as that is what cheating is it causes pain and I read to escape, or 2: they glamorise it into being magical, which it is not as it is about lying and hurting people. This book falls somewhere in between.  Other reviews may say that it "does not feel like cheating", but it is 100% cheating, even Gio and Bianca say this.  And if they had denied that it was cheating then I would have hated this book.What made this a good book about cheating for me was that it showed how smart people make stupid decisions which goes against what they believe in, and how these decisions lead to lying, dishonesty and pain.  Both Gio and Bianca had multiple opportunities to make smarter decisions, but by not being honest with themselves, each other, or Felix, this lead to further lies and then of course to betrayal.  Another reason that this was not a carefree romance was because with cheating comes doubt, and the doubt that Gio and Bianca had about each other's feelings felt realistic.  I am glad that Elizabeth did not gloss over the pain, doubt and insecurity that cheating causes.  Would have I liked Gio and Bianca to be honest at the beginning and there be no cheating? Yes, it still would have made an interesting book given the relationship Gio had with Felix, and I do prefer my romances to be lighter.  I have to say I did miss there not being many light moments in this book compared to Elizabeths others, as she does write great banter between males and females.  But that was not how Elizabeth choose to write this book, and given it was about cheating, it was well written,and more honest than a lot out there.Will I read it again? No ( but glad i read it, like I said I like mine more carefree and light, I'll read noah or moreno brother's)Would I recommend it? Yes