Review: This book is a testament why you should live for the here and now, don't live in the past or wait for the future <3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2014
This book was a refreshing romance of boy meets girl and what could be considered love at first sight or fate.  Zoey James is just living; at this point she is not really experiencing life.  She has had a lot of bad luck in life, stemming from her childhood growing up in the foster care system, to her divorce from her first husband.  Zoey keeps herself busy with her business with her family. She has been distancing herself from her friends and family, slipping into a deep depression.  Then one day she meets Andy Tate and her world as she knows it is turned upside down.Andy Tate has had his own troubled past, with the sudden death of his parents and sister.  He is coming to stay and work with Zoey’s family business as a mechanic at their shop.  Andy is gorgeous, nice, and almost too good to be true.With Zoey’s past history with her ex-husband and her lack of love in her life until she was adopted into the James’s family, she has trouble relating the feelings that she is experiencing around Andy.Zoey shows amazing strength as a young woman who has overcome many horrible situations in her life and is still trudging forward.  Throughout the book we are shown many of her insecurities in regards to a potential relationship with Andy.What I found admirable was the fact that she did not rush anything and took the right steps in taking care of herself and her depression prior to trying to move forward with any kind of relationship with Andy that might be more than friends.  That being said; Andy has the patience of a saint.  Zoey is trying so hard to guard her heart, that she is pushing Andy further and further away.  Her behavior was quite frustrating at times. But if the author hadn’t shown the internal battle Zoey was fighting, the story would not have had the depth and meaning that it portrayed.I really enjoyed how Zoey has such a connection with music and is able to express herself through different song lyrics.  The fact that Andy picks up on this part of Zoey’s personality is touching.  I fell in love with the characters in this book.  From Zoey’s parents and her protective brothers, to her best friends that she goes to dance class with, and finally to her next door neighbors, they all play such a wonderful part in Zoey’s life and her ability to overcome her past to have hope for a bright and happy future.Jen Andrews you have a hit with this book.  I can’t wait to read the next installment to see what is to come with Zoey, Andy and the rest of the James Family.