Review: When reality and movies colide
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Making a relationship work, which is a hard thing to begin with, becomes that much harder when you're doing it in the spotlight."Readers met Millie and Sam as minor characters in Sinclair's Where My Heart Breaks, and there was an attraction there but nothing that Millie wanted to pursue because they came from two different worlds, and she did not want to fall in love and commit.  After running away from their summer together, Millie and Sam reconnect, right before Sam is about to be made a household name as Jackson Monroe in the highly anticipated movie based on the novel, Where My Heart Breaks. Sam asks for Millie's help to keep him "grounded" as the media blitz begins, and as they spend time together, Sam realizes that his feelings for Millie never left, and Millie begins to acknowledge that what she feels for Sam is more than friendship.But, in the midst of their blossoming love, directors, agents, and Sam's co-star want to blend the line between fact and fiction for good press, and the pressures to be who they are and go after what they want become too much for Millie and Sam, and when Sam heads to North Carolina to begin filming the movie, they are driven further apart. Will their new found love be able to withstand the spotlight of Sam's new career or will it end before it even had a chance to really begin?While the premise of this book is an interesting concept, I didn't feel like its delivery quite achieved its aim.  Millie and Sam's relationship, Sam's career, Millie's brother's matchmaking, and the staged love affair between costars seem to have occurred at warp speed.  Just when I am wrapping my mind around one plotline, another one is brought in without much explanation of the first one, and I am left with a bit of whip lash trying to keep everything straight and feeling like I need more explained to truly grasp all that is occurring. I guess quite simply put, I wanted more; I wanted to understand the choices Millie and Sam make and the back story with Millie's family that made her who she is in the text. I wanted to see Sam struggle more with his new found fame and question what he was being asked to do.  I just felt the story was a bit rushed.With that being said, I still enjoyed the text. I'm a dual POV junkie, and anytime I can read a text with it, it adds to my enjoyment.  I just wanted to see Millie and Sam's relationship explored more and not be quite so rocky - almost all the time they are together. I guess I wanted the fairy tale movie ending even when I know reality is much messier. Try this sweet, sexy read out for yourself!Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.3 poison apples! (The Fairest of All Book Reviews)