Review: Excellent Debut!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2013
**ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review**Star rating 4.5The story of Olivia Stevens is not what I expected at all and to be honest after reading  `There is no fairy tale ending' on the front cover I was a bit scared to read it. I like to have a `happy ever after', even if it's 15 books into the future there has to be a HEA. My poor emotions can't take it otherwise.The author is a new British author and this is her debut book and what a book! I love this book, it floored me emotionally and it's going to take me a while to get over it. Maybe even until I've read book #2.... Oh and the book ends not on a cliff-hanger so to speak but the story is left to continue.This is one of those books that you don't want to finish because you don't want to know but you have to finish because you have to know. Ya know?I am one of these people that finds humour in everyday life and loves humour in a book. I was on the commute home from work when I started reading this one and I must have looked like a right weirdo sat there laughing at my phone but that's exactly what I did.There was quite a bit of humour in the first half of the book which faded out as the suspense hit & OMG did it hit!! What started out as having me giggling to myself ended up with me needing a manicure. I liked the way that Natalie switched this aspect of the book it wasn't abrupt, it felt natural and I didn't even realise it had happened until I sat down to write this review. The book consumed me from start to finish and I lived the life along with Olivia felt everything she felt. Have I said that I love this book?The characters were well written and the plot was executed well. I'm not sure if I'll ever forgive Natalie for putting me through THAT emotional roller-coaster! I was made to fall in love with characters and then they left me devastated and I don't know what to think anymore (sigh).The book is set in Britain and as a Brit the education system in the book made perfect sense to me. However, I feel this should have been explained and explored a bit more for those readers overseas.