Review: Anna's Book Blog
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
Since reading Past Present last year, I've been dying to read more from Alison G. Bailey. When I first heard that Brad would be getting his own book, I was both excited and little hesitant. I absolutely HATED Brad in the first book and I wasn't sure I'd be able to ever like him.Here's the thing: I really enjoyed Past Imperfect but it wasn't exactly what I thought it would be. For one, I was expecting lots of angst, lots of overflowing feelings, and feeling numb like I did with the first book. But while this book had it's moments, it's much more calmer then the first book. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing especially since I don't think I could survive another book like the first but I was a little disappointed with the lack of drama.The one thing that really surprised me was the fact that I didn't hate Brad at all. From the beginning we see a whole new Brad, one who's in love and wants to wrong past indiscretions and has actual feelings. It was strange. While I loved seeing this new side to Brad, I kind of felt like I was reading a whole different person. I know that the author wanted to make us like him but I think I would've liked to see more of the Brad we used to know. We do get get flashback chapters of both Brad and Marby's before and they were enlightening and showed us both their growths and downfalls in life. I liked them but sometimes I found myself wishing it would go back to the present.Marby is quite the character. She has a very sad past that she just can't seem to move on from. She deals with it in a very unhealthy way though you would never be able to tell. I understood her reasoning but at times it really annoyed me that she kept reacting in certain ways.If you're worried about this book driving you up the wall like I'm sure  Present Perfect did, don't be. It was a relatively light read compared to the first book though it did have it's moments. The best part I think was the epilogue. It was beautiful and really put my at ease that everything worked out the way it should have.