Review: Hands down, the best book I’ve read all year.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
It’s a beautiful thing when an author can put your guts through the blender and make you snot through a box of Kleenex…and then put you back together and leave you feeling uplifted and completely secure in the notion that kindness, decency and true love will always prevail.This is a book of glorious highs and devastating lows.  It will make you smile and even laugh out loud and you’ll swoon a little at the complete and utter beauty of Asher’s spirit.  He’s stubborn, set in his ways and introverted to the point of being antisocial and his journey to acceptance—of himself and of Savannah’s love—will frustrate you.  Savannah is equal parts sweet and sass and you’ll cheer her fortitude even as you curse her for her refusal to let go of the past.  When the proverbial bus comes barreling around the corner, even if you saw it coming (as I did), it will floor you.  If you don’t sob ugly, nasty, snotty tears, you’re made of stronger stuff than me.As a Southern woman, I find myself frequently put-off by the portrayal of my brethren.  We’re either backstabbing, scheming debutantes or aw-shucks country bumpkins.  Katy Regnery did an excellent job in her creation of both the lead characters and their Southernisms and the town and its Southern ideals.  Asher and Savannah are characters, not caricatures, and I appreciate that.This is not a love at first sight story.  It’s a story of two people who recognize that love is something much, much deeper than what you see with your eyes.