Review: About Last Night - Oh Nev!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2012
I'm in love with a character named Neville. A lot in love. He's so charming, even when he's only a stranger to us and Cath, but underneath that suit and banker's job is a man with such a huge heart, and this story was filled with that. Heart, struggles, characters that need to deal with inner issues and an overall sweetness that I couldn't get enough of.Cath is in her "New Cath" phase. She's trying to live her life on the straight and good path. She's left behind "Bad Cath", the Cath that found herself in a loveless marriage, pregnant and burning down her house. She sees Nev, or City, as she nicknames him, as one of the many familiar faces she sees daily on her commute. One drunken night, City finds her completely out of it trying to get home and with no useful information coming out of her mouth, he takes care of her, taking her back to his place to sleep it off. Cath is convinced that he's too good for her and gives out zero information about herself. Nev takes it in stride, realizing that she's always on the edge of bolting and he knows exactly how to handle her; and the man has incredible patience. He wears her down and she oh-so-slowly starts to let him in.I find it so easy to fall into stories that are set in everyday life. This couple is working, trying to find themselves in their careers, or in Nev's case, trying to let go of a career he hates and find the guts to focus on his passion, painting. Cath has a lot of issues to work through, the biggest being her own self-worth. She's so scared to take any more chances in her life, the thought of taking a chance on Nev and having it not work out, terrifies her into keeping him at arm's length for longer than she should. Nev just gets her. He knows when to push a little, when to just listen and cherishes every small bit of information she gives him.There is some family angst with Nev's mother and his brother. They provided another push from a different direction that got Nev to make some major changes in his life. As far as the angst they brought, I ended up just wanting to pop Nev's brother in the face. Cath's angst brought more than enough into the picture and even though his mother and brother tried to stir up some trouble, I did like that after everything went down, his mother was still present in his life and took his side, even if it came a little too late.I wish there would have been just a little bit more of them together at the end, one more chapter perhaps because their romance was just so sweet I didn't want it to end. Cath didn't stand a chance against keeping herself from falling in love with Nev. He's everything I love reading about in a hero, flaws and all. The progression Cath makes from the beginning to the end is huge, going from watching life move past her in the train station, to living it with Nev. It's a struggle for her and she doesn't let happiness come easy, but Nev breaks her down in the best way and they were an absolute joy to read about.Blog rating: 4.5/5