Review: Absolutely enjoyable from start to finish
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2012
Back to U is the second book I've read by Kathy Dunnehoff (the first was The Do-Over, which was terrific).  I was happy to see this book offered for free, right after finishing The Do-Over and reading an excerpt of Back To U at the end of it.I liked everything about this book.  The characters were all well-developed, the storyline kept me interested, and there were no "perfect" people.  There were many, many moments that had me laughing, either because of witty verbal sparring or because of the vivid description of events (Gwen's mother as Hannah Montana during the toga party comes to mind).It was refreshing to read a book on Kindle that was not filled with spelling errors, grammatical misuse, and flat-out stupidity...although I must mention only two things:  First, the use of the word "unthaw" somewhere towards the end of the book, referring to someone warming their hands, I believe.  To unthaw something is to freeze it.  The reason that bothers me so much (aside from it being incorrect) is that I used to work in a commercial kitchen where two of the older ladies continually misused that very word when taking meat from the freezer.  Seeing it in a book made me chuckle and think of those old ladies with fondness.The only other error I found was equally amusing.  Somewhere in the middle of the book, during the Halloween party segment, there is a reference to someone dressed as "Methuselah," complete with snakes in her hair.  I'm still laughing at this now...Methuselah was a very, very old man (969 years old at his death, if I remember correctly) who can be found in the Old Testament portion of the Bible.  I believe "Medusa" is the name you're looking for.  Again, it made me laugh more than it actually irritated me, picturing old Methuselah with all those snakes.  I guess editors miss things, too.I will happily read any other books from Ms. Dunnehoff that I find, and I expect they'll all be just as well-written and enjoyable.  I like a book that can have complications without the characters acting either too heroic to be real, or too dumb to live.Great job, great story.