Review: Loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
What an amazing debut novel by Marie Garner.  I liked the writing style that she has.  I would have never would have believed this was her debut novel if I haven’t read it somewhere.  I found it to be a captivating story.  I kept reading it until I finished it.  If I didn’t have to eat or sleep I think I would have finished it all in one day.You go through your whole life thinking one thing and then all of a sudden out of the blue you get a letter in the mail and then you find your whole life is turned upside down.  You found out, for your entire life you have been lied to by the two people you loved and trusted the most.  All in the mean time you keep asking yourself why.  That is exactly what happened to Eva.I absolutely loved the characters in this book.  I think Aaron is every woman’s dream.  He is a fixer and he is very passionate.  I found him to be very sexy.  Now Eva on the other hand, there were times when I really liked her and then again there were times when she annoyed the heck out of me.  She was always jumping to conclusions without hearing the truth to what she walked in on.  With the wild thoughts running through her head she always ended up making stupid mistakes.  She also had a caring side to her as well.  She could be your best friend and shoulder to cry on or she could just tell you what she thought.  The secondary characters in this were fantastic.  I absolutely loved Aaron’s brothers and Eva’s best friend Gwen.  She seemed like she would fun to hang out with.“If he really knew that all I thought about was having him slam me on that desk throughout his whole apology, he’d probably have me arrested.”  This is one of the things I loved about Eva, all of her dirty thoughts about Aaron.Eva Matthews is a high school teacher who thought her life was normal.  She was very proud of herself on what she has accomplished in her life.  Then one day her life turned upside down when she received a letter from an attorney about her mother.  Her mother, she thought was dead for the past twenty years.  She had no idea to what was going on.  That is when she met Aaron Sawyer.  At first she thought he was cocky and couldn’t stand to be around him.  That is what she wanted him to think.  From their very first meeting she was instantly attracted to him.Aaron Sawyer was an attorney in a small town.  He was always trying to help someone.  There was only one person in his life he couldn’t help and that was Eva.  She always wanted to do things on her own.  After all these years of knowing Elizabeth he always thought her daughter neglected her.  He never knew the real story.  On his and Eva’s first meeting he couldn’t stand her and after dealing with her for a few weeks he couldn’t get this girl out of his head.  He drove his family nuts by always talking about her.  He finally broke down her walls and got to her heart.  He would do anything he could not too loose her.Hopefully we will find out what happens next in Aaron and Eva’s story while reading Bryan and Stella’s story, Saving Stella.  So far I have loved the start to this series and can’t wait to read more.  You did a wonderful job Marie Garner.  I look forward to reading more of your work.