Review: This story was amazing!  I couldn't read it fast enough!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
I thought this book was amazing!  It was very well written.The story is about Kyle and Sophie.  In a nutshell, their story is complicated.  When they were 14, they attended the same school, set in England.  He was cocky and irritating, she was a goodie goodie.  He didn't see himself that way.  He tried to just fit in.  He was not wanted at home by either parent.  They divorced and he lived with his mother, but his father didn't really want him, and mother was more interested in going out and acting like a teenager, than staying home and being a mother to a teenager. Sophie didn't see herself as a goodie goodie.  She thought she couldn't ever live up to being in the popular crowd.  She had a select number of friends, and they did well in school and just tried to get through the school year without getting bullied too much.When they were 15, Kyle's dad and Sophie's mom married each other!  Kyle would come to visit every other weekend only because he had to.  Shortly after, his mother moved to Spain and chose not to take him with her, so he had to move in with his father and the new family.  He so wanted nothing to do with them!When Kyle and Sophie were 18, things took a turn and even though they "hated" each other at school, they began to truly have feelings for each other in private.  Kyle always tried to convince Sophie that what they had was real and true, but she was ashamed, and thought people would talk about them. They had a great summer together behind everyone's backs before going off to university.  Nobody knew, but Sophie's best friend, Ashley, figured it out.  Sophie decided if Ashley could see it, others would be able to as well, so she broke it off with them right before they went away to school.  She went to one school and he chose one far away.This book is written in the style of Now vs. Then.  The chapters flow from their lives growing up to present day where Sophie's fiancé has ended their relationship shortly before their wedding.  The day of her wedding that wasn't to be finds Sophie laying on her childhood bed with her mother trying to cheer her up.  Her mom and step-dad want her to go out with them, but she won't.  Her mom is checking in on her to make sure she will be all right, and lets her know that Kyle is coming into town.  Sophie is horrified and asks her mom to let him know to please leave her alone.There is no avoiding Kyle while he is back in town.  He is a true gentleman to her, and is nothing but kind.  He convinces her to come back to London with him to get away from her sadness at the house.  They will shop and vacation, etc.  She will be free to lounge at his house while he is at work.The story is a fast read and captures you with the back and forth between past and present, helping to build the feelings of true love at its finest, as well as with its ugly.I loved this story and will recommend it to all my friends.  Oh, you want me to tell you how it ends?  No way!  You have to read it!