Review: Could have been great...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
HOW TO RUIN MY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR??? A tired, irritating plot device!!! Kele Moon, whyyyyyyyy????Okay, okay, I have to breathe here. It isn't often that a book brings me to angry tears but I full-out angry cried during this book. Breathe, Heather, breathe.I can see why people love this book and why most people expected me to love it too. It is a lovely GFY (more like OFY) with a couple that has electric chemistry together. Alex and Matt had a deep emotional bond that I could feel coming off the pages.And the sex... oh GOD. I love some gay virgin sex!! The long, drawn out sex scenes were like candy for me. I gobbled them up. I could read about these guys doing it all day long.However...No, I'm still mad. Give me one more moment!Okay. I'm calm, I swear, I'm calm!I have certain pet peeves that just grow stronger with each book that I read. I have less and less tolerance for certain plot devices. Topping my list of biggest offenders are the "stupid misunderstanding" and the "I'm going to break up with you because I know what's best for you". This story employs them both. All of the conflict in this story could have been resolved with one conversation between the two guys. Hell, even one sentence would have done the trick! I was seething. I was pulling my hair in anticipation of what was to come, muttering, "Don't you do it! Don't you freakin' do it!" but, alas, he DID IT.There are other ways that the author could have written this book that I would have been more than satisfied with. I would have loved if this book had conflict that was deserved and worthy of all of that pain and suffering.Despite my agony about the way the author handled some things, the story was touching and beautiful. I loved the couple together and I loved to watch the progression of their relationship. It made me so happy at times and I had a hard time putting this book down all day long. I wish the ending felt less rushed and I wish Holly and Will's relationship didn't mirror Matt and Alex's so closely.I don't know, I'm still conflicted. Happy but conflicted? Maybe I'm still mad...