Review: Love Unexpected review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2013
Looks can be deceiving. So it would appear to Sedona when she meets the schools most favorite football player, Zander. Sedona had bad luck once with a football player so now she's weary of those "types". Little does she know when she meets Zander that he's actually the nicest, most caring, thoughtful, non-"player" out there. However, he does have a jealous streak from one side of the US to the other. He also doesn't fit in to her no-nonsense college plans. After all, she is a double major with a strict schedule and bed time to follow.Zander is smitten the first time he lays eyes on Sedona. He can't even think straight after their run in, literally. He will do whatever it takes to get to know her and make her his. However, he can be an "act-first-think-later" type of guy. He's definitely crazy for this serious gal who solves math problems to calm her nerves.Sedona and Zander experience a few misunderstandings along the way before things start to fall in to place. I really enjoyed their relationship as it spanned over a 9 month time frame. It was nice to have a love story that didn't have instant-love and I love you's right away. It was far from it. The I Love You's came so much later in the book. Zander and Sedona built up a great relationship over time and learned how to deal with and over come the bumps/road blocks that come with a relationship.The secondary characters were great. I loved Zander's posse, especially Xavier and John. Sedona seemed to have a good group as well that mixed in well with Zander and his friends. They were a great support group with good advice and lots of fun to be with. I would love to see more of these friends in another book.Overall I enjoyed this love story and how it unfolded. I really liked Zander and Sedona. However, what I thought would be a sweet love story actually felt a little over powered by the physical side of their relationship. I would have enjoyed Love Unexpected so much more had the physical parts been toned down and not such a focal part of the story.I felt the author left the book a bit open ended as Sedona worried over an important piece of information at the end of the book. It wasn't bad information, it was just a stress factor for her to deal with. I would have loved to see how that played out and with the people she worried about sharing this info with. Also, I didn't understand why we were left with an epilogue in another character's POV who didn't have their own POV through out the story. I would hope that meant there would be another book and it would be about this person?So for now, Sedona and Zander will ride off to graduation with their HFN story. (Happy For Now). Although you are definitely left with the feeling they will have a HEA. Still, I felt like I could have used a tad bit more closure.