Review: Comical, sweet, cute and refreshing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
An arc was provided by Random House Publishing Group via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.I can easily see this book turned into a PG-13 romantic comedy with Channing Tatum as Nick, Rachel McAdams as Jayne and very sexy and funny Ryan Reynolds as Carter. It’s comical, sweet, cute and refreshingly innocent. It will grab you with its sage and witty eighties’ movie quotes setting the stage for each chapter and keep you entertained with a great playlist sung by, probably off key, none other than Jayne, and its witty banter between well developed characters.Growing up as a bastard daughter, unwanted granddaughter and constantly being reminded of it by her grandmother didn’t just give a new meaning to the phrase tough love it made Jayne feel unlovable and unworthy, especially of Nick. So she decided to have him however she could, even if it meant just being his best friend. I admired her strength and resolve, and loved her inner monologues.Nick is hot, successful, reliable, a problem solver, hot and I like to prance around my house half dressed provoking my best friend, he doesn’t care what other people think and plays by his own rules, he’s quick with his smart remarks. He’s also incredibly slow on the take and dense regarding Jayne’s emotions towards him and vice versa. I could almost label him as Nick the prick at the beginning of the book when I found out his actions regarding Jayne the last time he’d seen her.So even though they’ve been BFF’s since the tender age of five, and they both acknowledge that every single important moment in their lives includes the other, she’s afraid to show him her true feelings and lose him, and he’s just clueless.The book shows us how well they know each other, how they pick up their friendship as though they were never separated by time, distance, a jealous dead wife or a well meaning mother with an ugly attitude.With each passing page I longed to have them realize how they were meant to be together, especially Nick. Because from the start he knows he loves her, he just doesn’t realize it’s the kind of I want you forever in my life, you are the other part of my soul kind of love. And when he does at the end, it drags a bit due to misunderstandings and lack of communication and fear, but once they get “their s*** together” it’s all wonderful. I only wish their happy ending would have lasted a bit longer.I really enjoyed Laura’s writing style. She made the story richer with wonderful secondary characters which I would love to read more about (Hint: Carter). Even Star Wars made an appearance, but you’ll just have to read the book to know how! I will definitely put her in my list of authors to look out for regularly.