Review: Don't Miss the Signs!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2011
One of my favorite storylines is the friends turned lovers plot, so I knew this was a story for me.Willow Hawkins and Cameron Trask have been best friends since they were 8 years old. Cameron has secretly been in love with Willow since High School and has finally decided it's time to move on. He has an interview for a dream job across the country in Seattle and hopes that he can just start anew. But when he gets a call from Willow the day before Thanksgiving asking for his help escape a psycho almost-boyfriend, Cam drops everything to drive to her rescue, which causes him to miss his train. Willow won't allow Cam to miss out on an opportunity because of her so she decides he is going to get there no matter what: no matter the car problems, the crazy dog, the police, the snow storm, not matter anything, even if that means living apart.Both Willow and Cam are great characters. Cam has been pining for Willow for years but is too afraid to make a move unless he is absolutely sure she would reciprocate. Willow has found that she always comparing every man she meets with Cam and they never measure up. When Willow leaves her latest dating disaster behind to the safety of Cam and his family, her blinders start to fall away.I really enjoyed ROAD SIGNS. It delivered all that I was looking for in a good "friends to lovers" romance. The secondary characters felt like they were actually there for other reasons than to fill space and helped round out Willow and Cam. The resolution that came at the end was a great compromise on both Willow and Cam's part. Because this was a novella, it did feel like some of the character development was skimmed and the "aha" moment came too easily and quickly. But that is easily dismissed, especially for a short story.