Review: W is for Wonderful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
I just finished this book and I loved it. Like the first book, it was wonderful. There are alot of books out there that have similar things happening in them. This book and the first one - V is for Virgin are so original and different from the rest. I also loved how Kelly Oram had V is for Virgin from Valerie Jensen's point of view and how this book - A is for Abstinence from Kyle Hamilton's point of view. This book is 4 years later from the first book. Kyle thought he had it all, he had money, adoring fans, creativity and a love for music, and even was about to get married. At his birthday party, his fiancee tries to get him to play the song Cryin' Shame which was about Val Jensen. He has refused to play that song for years and doesn't want to. The song and the muse for the song haunt him even to this day but he doesn't ever let himself think about it. His fiancee tries to set him up and ends up cheating on him. Broken hearted, Kyle tries to lose himself in countless women but it's just not the same. He realizes that sex isn't the same without love and intimacy. He finally realizes that he let go of a once in a lifetime woman 4 years ago when he couldn't give Valerie what she asked for and needed. So he decides to finally start working on himself - he starts writing music again which he hasn't done since Reid died. He continues abstaining from sex. He does what he can to reconnect with Valerie. It has been 4 years and Valerie has graduated from Stanford with Economics and Political Science double degrees. In the fall, she is going back to Stanford to start her Masters Degree in Political Science. She has been busy with school and starting F is for Families that helps with adoption. She has seen lots of her friends meet the person they would love and ended up married. But she hasn't dated much and every boyfriend she ever had always ended up breaking up with her and hurting her because they do not want to wait till marriage to have sex. So she just stopped dating all together.This book shows there is so much more to love and relationships than just sex. Kyle and Valerie are so different and from two different worlds. But that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be together. They just bring so many great things together and bring together so much more than superficial things. Valerie and Kyle have so much more to them than just Virgin Val and Rock Star Kyle Hamilton. They are actual people that have deep thoughts. Definitely worth the read.