Review: THIS! This is what a good romance looks like!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
Real characters, warts and all, with will hangups and setbacks and a romance that doesn't move in a straight line, but suffers all the twists and turns of real life.Characters who say and do stupid things, making mistakes, misunderstanding words, gestures, actions and leading with their heart, battered and damaged as it may be, just for a chance to take back what they think they lost. There's nothing fabricated or cliche, nothing that rings untrue about the painful, sweet, awkward way in which Zach and Violet find their way through the mine-field of their lives. The dialogue, the romance and the passion are visceral, realistic and flawlessly crafted.I was pleasantly surprised by both the heat of the romance and the depth of the emotions, both reaching levels far beyond Katy's other books (By Proxy and Christmas Wish). This is, in no way shape or form, a negative comparison. Rather, it's a nod to the skill of an author who can craft both a complex and compelling tale as this, as well as a light, truly bright and sweet (though not saccharine) tale of first love.Kudo's to Katy, and I look forward to your next work!