Review: This was an OK read; take the good with the bad
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.  Spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.The Stillness of You is the story of Georgia King, a 21 year old who has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and Ben Lancaster, a 24 year old hockey star. The story follows the two as they fall in love while dancing around Georgia's issues with the illness she's unwilling to tell Ben that she has.I finished this book Saturday night, but held off on writing my review because I'm still confused with how I feel about the story. On one hand, I LOVED reading Ben's perspective. I thought he was hilarious. He was hot, and the story had a lot of steamy moments. I understood Georgia and why she was afraid to tell Ben about her illness and her past. I even liked Georgia's brother, Matt, and the way he watched after Georgia and tried to protect her from herself.However, I didn't get how Georgia could jump into bed with Ben so quickly if she was so afraid of going back to the way she was before she was diagnosed. She didn't know him well enough to know the kind of person he truly was, but she definitely knew herself well enough. I did buy the attraction between the two, and I understand why Georgia wanted to be with him. But Georgia was so afraid of becoming like her mom, it was hard for me to reconcile that with her sleeping with Ben so quickly. Also throughout most of the story, it felt as if Ben and Georgia were almost always having sex, but there isn't a whole lot happening outside of that for them to be able to get to know each other to be able to fall in love. And for some reason, it bothered me that they both kept their eyes open for many of their kisses. That's just weird to me for some reason. lol There were parts of the story that I really connected with and didn't want to stop reading. Then, there were parts that I felt like I was wading through to get to something interesting.I'm giving this one 3.5 stars but decided to go with 3 instead of 4 since I still feel so wishy-washy and middle of the road on it. I'm glad I read it, and I would definitely read more by this author. I think maybe this one just wasn't for me