Review: Different Cover, PLEASE!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2012
The one problem with Kimberley Reeves's books is their covers.  This particular cover is just plain boring and gives no indication that there is a beautiful story inside.  Don't let this boring cover prevent you from reading this wonderful love story.Serena was raped by four high school boys when she was days away from her 15th birthday.  The drama left her emotionally broken and physically blind.  Seven years later, she is living on her own and is a teacher for blind children.  Her landlord and aunt, Rose has been her rock through all this drama and has encouraged her to embrace an independent life despite her parents and siblings attempt to coddle her.  Rose rents the other half of Serena's home to Will a long time friend of Serena's brothers and the one boy that Serena has always been attracted to.  Will begins to help her heal from her distrust of men and to find a safe place to talk about what happened to her.  Her mean spirited sister McKinley has always been jealous that she could not have Will as one of her many conquests and resented that he always had an eye for her plain little sister, Serena.  Afraid Will's presence will cause Serena to remember that night and that Serena will finally win Will's heart, McKinley plots to ruin their fragile, budding relationship.This was a well written story that was romantic, sweet and a little bit sexy.  Will and Serena were appealing characters that you would want as friends.  McKinley was not.  The one problem I had with this story besides the cover is the repeating of what happened to Serena first by Will as he thought about it in bed and then later when he shared it with Serena.  It was literally cut and pasted in the story the second time and so long that it really could have been omitted.  We read it the first time.This story is longer than Reeve's Vittorio stories (also in need of different covers to be taken seriously) but similar in style.  I recently read a fabulous YA kindle story calledAlmostby Anne Eliot that had a similar theme that was also done well.Would I/Did I buy it? Free DownloadWould I read it again? Probably notWould I recommend it to friends? Yes