Review: Thoroughly enjoyed this sweet and entertaining story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
Definitely, Maybe in Love- 4 starsI was surprisingly sucked into this story a lot more than I expected to be.  I knew it wasn’t going to be my typical steamy treat, but I found Spring Honeycutt to be such an endearing character despite her closed-mindedness in the beginning of the story.  Because see, that’s the whole point.  When we first meet Spring, she’s adopted this entirely new persona in order to make a statement and be noticed amongst all of the other thousands of students she has to compete with in her field.  She may not have had the money or the status like other Stanford elite did, but she had the heart and the gumption to change her looks, her beliefs, and even her eating habits to prove that she could be the best environmentalist out there! Sure, she was over-the-top tree-hugger at times, but I actually found her amusing rather than annoying like some reviewers.Spring’s ideals were a great asset to her field, but unfortunately for her they were a bit too one-sided when it came to writing a thorough thesis.  It was going to take someone equally as opinionated to really open Spring’s eyes to anything other than her own ideas, and boy did Henry Knightly ever fit that role perfectly!  He came across as a snotty rich socialite upon first glance just as much as Spring came across as a feminist hippie, and when they collided it was a crazy mix of clashing ideals and sexual tension. Their squabbles were good fun and their misunderstandings definitely gave that painful pang in the heart.  And there were many.What I loved about this story was that plenty of time passed to make this a believable and engaging love story.  We spend a full year watching Spring and Henry get to know each other and skirt around their feelings for each other, so by the time they were finally both on the same page I felt like I really was invested in them.  My one gripe was that I wanted a little more passion; and I don’t mean dropping in a few x-rated scenes, I just wanted to the spark that Spring feels with Henry to be made more evident by her actions.  But either way, this didn’t make the story any less memorable, because I really loved Spring and Henry together and it was like finishing a marathon by the time they finally turned things around!This was a well-written, sweet, entertaining story that has some great twists that I didn’t see coming.  A modern spin on the classic Pride and Prejudice, Spring and Henry were the perfect updated version of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.  It’s a great mix between the feel of a chick lit story with the tone of a contemporary romance, so I think it will appeal to a lot of readers across both genres!Quotes:“At least I wash my hair,” Lilah said as she gathered up her books. “I can smell you from here.” She leaned away, her nose wrinkling in disgust.Nice. She played the “you stink” card.  I guess we really were back in high school. ~p. 10I usually wouldn’t take such pains as to match the color on my fingers and toes, but I promised my friends I would join them tonight at the first big party of the school year.  I also promised that I would check my cynical attitude at the door.  There was a slight chance one of those things might happen. ~p. 18“How about Long Kiss Goodnight?”My heart gave one hard, painful thud then seemed to stop cold. “Now?” I gasped, choking on the single syllable.  “We probably shouldn’t, I mean…we—““Oh, uh, no,” he said.  “That’s the name of a band.  Long Kiss Goodnight.”“Oh. Yeah. I know.”  Good grief. Pull it together, woman. ~p. 112“I’m so out of it. Jet lag, I guess.”  Tyler hadn’t flown home from Seattle, he’d driven.  And there was no time change.  Mel was spot-on about him being a cutie pie, and also about that sack of hammers.~p. 159