Review: A tad disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
This review may contain a few mild spoilers........I like this series because of Josh and Norah. I wanted, no I craved and anticipated more of Josh and Norah in this sequel, but I felt I didn't get it. The story starts off well enough. I love that early on in the story Norah takes a trip to Josh apartment and realizes again...(yes, again from the first book we know that Norah is in love with Josh) that she has deep romantic--not only friendship  feeling for Josh. Frustration #1 with this book--Norah constantly talking her self out of and feeling "guilty for her feelings for Josh. Why?? From the first story from her first introduction to Josh we know their relationship is special and that she loves Josh. She was willing in the first book to let their  relationship to go further until he screwed up and then it was as if he wasn't worth the effort to try again. Why fight it? I loved reading Josh's letter to Norah and I loved their history.Frustration #2 with this book--Clint! Ugh... I couldn't like him. I tried I truly did.... he wasn't a terrible person by any means I just didn't like him and it was pure torture reading about him and Norah together. I rooted for Josh the entire time.F #3 This book didn't have enough of Josh and Norah being together moments for me. Josh was in the back ground making appearances here and there but he wasn't around enough to fight for Norah . It had to much Clint and Norah and their sexual encounters for my liking.F#4 Norah! She wasn't as likable in this book for me. She was indecisive, whiny, jealous and a big hypocrite. Apparently she is the only one who can lie and cheat in this story. Which brings up another thought...what is so great and amazing about Norah that she has not only two but three rich, intelligent, beautiful men all making great sacrifices to have her??? The author may have needed to make the reasons for their dying love for her more apparent.Now some thoughts about Samuel who is hardly in the book at all. I like Samuel. I like their history as well in fact it was hard to decide in the early beginning before I chose my team who I wanted Norah to be with. Sam is great. HE was and is good to Norah. I'm not sure that his lie in not telling her he knew who she was is worth the treatment he got from Norah. And know that I know the end of this story I wonder if he got cheated out of a chance with Norah.Lastly, I just want to say this book is a good read and I enjoyed it especially the ending before the epilogue. Spoiler........ But if the author writes another book and it ends  with Josh not getting his life and future with Norah all an account of the way he went about it I will be so angry. I hated hated the way the author made Josh out to be a manipulator and hiding lies from Norah at the end of this book. It's almost like you really didn't know Josh at all. The Josh that we knew and were introduced to in the books was all a big lie and I didn't like the feeling that left with me. If Norah threw Samuel and Clint to the curb for their lies and deceit what is she going to do to Josh when she finds out what he did to be with her?? It can't end good. Then again maybe I don't think Norah really deserves him either she kinda bugged me in this book. Therefore I don't know that I will be able to read the next book. By the way is there a next book??