Review: I was hooked from the opening page and couldn't put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
I loved this book!  I want to say something about the 80% in the past comment.  If you had a chance to see "The One That Got Away", and you were both still single how would you describe it?  You're both still single, there were feelings on both sides and you have a chance to see if something is still there, how would you tell a friend about it? Well, you would have to talk about the past.  If you don't talk about the past relationship, then it's basically guy meets girl.  Not, I am going to have a chance to see the guy/girl who I think was/is the love of my life.  The last line in the book means so much more BECAUSE we know the WHOLE back story.  Think back to your first love, would you have liked to have a second chance and maybe get it right this time? Well again you are back in the past.  Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I just wanted to point that out.  That being said, here is my opinion:I love this book from the opening and the question that is asked at the very beginning, to the last line of the book by Derek. It is a book about a past love, and a chance to maybe get it right this time, and to understand it we have to go back to the start and end of the relationship at that time.  It's has romance, love, angst, and some very sexy scenes.  Yes Olivia leaves us with a beautiful and awful cliffhanger.  Beautiful because it is a perfect way/perfect sentence to leave all of us wanting more.  Awful because darn it I feel like the kids on that Sprint commercial, "We want more, we want more".  Please just one more sentence!  For everyone not thrilled with cliffhangers, you might want to try your hand at this book.  They seem to be the way a lot of books are going and personally after the initial "UGH! Can I please have a little more.", they get my brain going about what could happen.  And they work great, because I have NEVER forgotten about a book coming out that ended the prior one with a cliffhanger.For those of you who are looking at the price and are realizing that it's not a complete book, never fear. It is a complete book, it just doesn't have an ending yet.  You get your moneys worth. I could name a few (a lot) of authors who do not give you the same word count AND content for the same price.  Olivia has never made me feel like she is just writing half a story. You get it all, you just also get a cliffhanger.  She give you the characters, the emotions, the love and the sex.  This is not a slam bam thank you ma'am book.  The characters are well thought out, the emotions are real, she makes you laugh, cry, and the sex scenes are very well done.  Give her a try and see if you don't love the story.  And maybe when you get to the end you can join me acting like the Sprint kids, "We want more, we want more.", and then laugh at yourselves because it's entertainment everyone!  A very smart and talented person told me she thinks of them like TV shows, and they always leave cliffhangers.  How many times have we gotten upset at our favorite shows because they leave us with a huge cliffhanger at the end of the season?  Do you go back and watch the show at the start of the season to see what happens next?  What is the difference?  Happy reading!  I've already read it twice since it came out yesterday.  If that is not a good recommendation, I don't know what is.