Review: 4.5 Stars!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2013
There was very little I didn't like about Anywhere. The writing was great, the characters were lovable and the story was interesting and flowed nicely.Skye was a fantastic character. She was so funny (I LOVED her texts to her brother, best friend and then Asher at the end). She was witty and adventurous and just so easy to love. Even though we meet her after all the drama in her life has already unfolded you can see the journey she has taken to become a better version of herself. Before, she allowed others to make decisions for her and dictate her life because she wanted to make everyone (but herself) happy, even going as far as to almost marry a man she didn't love. Her dream to backpack across Europe is the perfect way for her to finally do what she wants, much to her mother's dismay.After her best friend Paige unexpectedly needs to return home, Skye decides to continue on her journey alone. Almost immediately she meets up with Asher, a fellow backpacker with has own story. The two of them hit it off from the beginning and decide to accompany each other on their trip.I loved Asher as much as I loved Skye. He was also funny and very charming. The two of them have so much in common and I loved that they were there for each other. There aren't too many secondary characters but the ones we meet add to the story without distracting from the main focus of the book.I also enjoyed the descriptions of the places Skye and Asher visited. None of it was over done or vague, just a perfect amount of detail to create the scene and that was it. Having never been outside of the US, I found it easy to picture the beautiful scenes without any previous knowledge of what they looked like. Too often authors overload us with details and it becomes boring and drawn out, or leave out so much that you couldn't tell the Eiffel Tower from the Statue of Liberty. That wasn't the case here.As for what I didn't like, there is very little. I can't deny that I was a bit annoyed that Asher and Skye refused to discuss their feelings for each other. They both made it clear through their actions that they felt something for each other but they both discussed their plans after the trip without even trying to see where their relationship could go. And (without giving away the ending) it seemed the way it concluded left so much up in the air. I guess I am so used to Epilogues or in-your-face HEA's, because to me this book had a lot of strings left untied. Just my opinion, though. It ended on a happy note so I guess I can get over it. :)Overall, I thought Anywhere was a well written love story. Any book that makes me laugh out loud and fall in love with the characters (even a few secondary ones!) is a winner to me.