Review: Heart Melting, Moving and Beatufully Romantic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2013
This is a beautiful love story,it reads like a modern Jane Austen novel.. The story is so moving and so romantic it will melt your heart; it definitely melted my heart.The story about a "forbidden" love. Everleigh (Evie) comes from a rich New York family and is engaged to a controlling, domineering, rich and abusive man. The engagement has been arranged for a long time and the wedding is expected. Why does Evie stay? because it is expected, because she is afraid, because she hopes her fiance is going through a phase and will eventually change and ultimately she stays because she has never been in real love and doesn't know any better.Evie is sweet, smart, beautiful, sheltered and loves English literature. While buying coffee at a local coffee shop she encounters a fellow a class mate William Ryder and their innocent interactions soon lead into more as they each fall for each other. William who comes from a middle class background, is hard working, intelligent, super sweet and super hot. He has no idea that the girl whom he is slowly falling far is engaged.The story is beautiful. It is well written and you can gradually feel as these 2 gentle souls fall in love. Yes, there were times were I was frustrated at Evie for her dishonesty, for not having the guts to tell William that she was engaged. I hated her because you could see how much he was falling for her and she was just so selfish and preoccupied with her emotions. However, I couldn't quite dislike her as I could see where she was coming from, I ultimately felt sorry for her and empathy for her situation. I so wanted these characters to get together!The characters do go through lots of upheavals: the trials of their forbidden love, abuse from the fiance, parental disapproval etc. ultimately though their struggles are not in vain and the book does end on a very high note. I loved the fact that William never lost hope!The story is wonderful, so moving and so romantic. I fell in love with the writing, the characters and the book. The book has no cliffhanger and has a HELL OF A HEA!!! Amazing book.