Review: Liked it and wanted to love it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
I really really liked this book and wanted to love it.  Carissa and Josh have a great connection that I wanted it to work out with them from the very beginning.  They met  years earlier, had a one night fling then he had a double deployment.  Neither of them shared with the other the strong connection they felt.  She didn't think he was really interested in more and he didn't think she would wait for him and didn't feel he could ask.  She started dating his best friend although it is never clear that she knew they were best friends since Carissa had just moved to town.  Apparently Josh and the best friend had a pact to never date an ex of the other.  Of course Josh never told the best friend before he left or after he came back from tour.I really enjoyed the plot.  There were just some things I thought should have been explored or developed more.  We never get many details about why they had the pact.  the pact was the reason for most of the books drama yet it wasn't detailed.  also need more details about Carissa's mother's accident.  It was mentioned a lot but details about it were never shared.  my biggest issue with story was how Josh just couldn't get over the thought of betraying his friend and couldn't just talk to him about it.  All the sneaking around was cute at first but then I just wanted to tell him to "grow a pair".  He and Carissa were in love and technically Josh had her first.Overall I really liked it and have know doubt I will read it again.  There is a second book coming out in the series about Tony.  I didn't have any real connection with the supporting characters  it of all of them Tony's is the stories I would have chosen for next.