Review: Incredibly Likeable Heroine
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2012
There were quite a few things to like about this story.  First and foremost was Leila.  She's so easy to relate to with the problems and self-confidence issues she has with the way she's treated in this book, but she's still a strong, intelligent young woman who can talk herself through her doubts and embarrassments and push through--no wilting flower.  Jacob, however, seems to reduce her to a puddle whenever he so much as looks at her.Sometimes, I found him a bit of a confusing character who ran a little too hot and cold, but I suspect the author is leading up to some internal conflict going on inside him.The most compelling aspect of the story was what was going on inside Leila's head as she starts to fall for Jacob almost immediately.  The story took me along for the emotional rollercoaster ride.  I was just as tense and scared and hopeful as Leila, and I finished the story absolutely terrified for her as she starts this new life (spoilers withheld).The writing was also impressive in just the way it flowed--the right level of detail, the occasional gorgeous sentence that expresses perfectly the conflicting emotions Leila suffers as she's starting to fall.  Highly recommended.