Review: Anybody But Him is a breezy, delightful, contemporary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
I was easily able to identify with the main characters which made it difficult to put the book down. Old emotions surface when one returns to the town in which they grew up; sometimes even hate. But, whether we want to or not, we all have to deal with such emotions at some point in time in our lives. As adolescents we try to bury those emotions because we don’t know how to process such feelings or maybe we did not want to deal with them in the first place. How would it make you feel to find out that your preconceived notions were utterly wrong and you wasted so much precious time harboring ill feelings because you were misinformed? Not everyone gets the chance to start over but when afforded such an opportunity, the soul can be truly cleansed. I think each and every one of us has something from our past for which we wish we could get a “do over.” Just think about how differently we handle things even a few years after high school. This book really made me stop and think about how I handled people in high school AND how they handled me. There are plenty of things that I wish I would have responded to differently ...Anybody But Him is a breezy, delightful, contemporary romance about letting go of the past, growing up, and not judging a book by its cover. Author, Claire Baxter also touches upon more serious life events such as fraud, aging parents, and divorce; however, she does so with a light hand.I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the two main characters and watching the dynamic of their relationship change as the story unfolds. I found the ending of the book to be a bit hasty; however, I was able to chalk that up to the length of the read versus the length of the relationship. I would have liked to have seen a longer glimpse into the lives of Blaire and Nicola; perhaps just another chapter or two! The romance in this novella is refreshing as it is slow-paced. I was somewhat taken aback to find that there was no sex within this book; however, for me, that did not take away from the storyline.Although there are mature topics interwoven throughout the story and Blair’s dog is named Dammit; I would have no problem recommending this book to a teenager. I think they could easily identify with the life moments that the author has created.Please check out our FULL Review at Griffin's Honey Blog  [...]