Review: Heart Me Some Clementine!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
Dearest Clementine is a book that I am thrilled I took a chance on. This book was recommended by a few different book blogs, so I decided to take a chance, and boy did that pay off!! I couldn't put this book down, and I was very eager to see how this one was going to turn out.From the first page of this book I was immediately drawn to Clementine's character! She was sassy, and snarky, and had personality out the yin yang, and I loved that. She also completely owned who she was, which made me have mad respect for her! I couldn't help but fall in love with her character, and even when she had her head up her butt about things, I still adored her. Clementine is a character who is who she is for a lot of reasons. She's had a lot of serious bumps in her past that she's working to overcome, and I immediately connected with that. She's also blunt as hell, and god love her for that.Clementine is a girl who likes to keep people at arms length. That's all working fine and dandy until she meets Gavin. Gavin was a fabulous male character to read. The connection is their immediately between these two, and he is just a freaking good guy. Every time I got to read his character brought a smile to my face. He has some serious charm, and it's obvious he's enamored with Clementine. Even when she tries to keep him at bay, he's always there trying to nudge his way in. It's truly endearing and it melted my heart.Dearest Clementine follows these two fabulous characters as they try to climb over the walls that are separating them. Their story begins as Clementine begins taking a romance writing class. Too bad she's got nothing to draw upon. That's where Gavin comes in to the rescue, literally. The connection between these two is wholly authentic and you will feel it in your bones. Their relationship is almost like a push and pull at times because of what's in Clementine's past, but reading their relationship develop was phenomenal.Not to be outdone, this book also has some fabulous supporting characters and storylines that will hook you in instantaneously. This author does a wonderful job of capturing the dynamic that is female friendship. Jenna, Harper, and even Dani are there for Clementine, and their banter and friendships with one another are remarkably authentic. The relationship that evolves over the course of this book with Clementine and her brother Jax and Clementine and Daren is also magnificent. These different relationships reveal so much about Clementine, and really demonstrate the vulnerability that lies under her hard exterior. All these supporting characters just hit this one out of the park.This book is hysterically funny at times, downright emotional at others, and it will just pull at your heart the whole time. Dearest Clementine hooked me in from the very beginning, and I was fully captivated by Clementine, Gavin, and everyone else. This truly was a phenomenal book that I would recommend to anyone. It does a fantastic job of balancing the light and heavy, the funny and serious, as well as creating a story where you just can't help but root for the main character. It really is book you'll instantly connect with, and its one that'll stick with you long after reading.