Review: Different type of love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
I read Sliding Past Vertical as an Advance Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review. I really didn't know what to expect when I first started reading this book, but I really got hooked as I went along. I liked the setting in the 1980s and the realistic type of love portrayed in this book.Sarah was a loser. She had the worse luck in love but Emerson was always there to rescue her. The problem was, Emerson was one of her ex-boyfriends who agreed to be just a friend, even though his feelings ran a lot deeper. Then add in Rashid, who was engaged to a woman he'd never met. Over time, he began to question whether he really wanted to marry the mystery fiance or follow his heart and give his love to Sarah. Put all three of them together with misunderstandings, secrets and another ex-boyfriend looking for drugs, and you have a very unusual love story.I liked the way the author wrote a love story without it being a mushy, ordinary, girl meets boy, girls gets boy, girl and boy live happily ever after story. The ending was a shocker and I believe every reader will have a different reaction. Try it, you'll like it.