Review: A LIFE story about love!  Well written and had me feeling all the "feelies" - a great way to clear the sinuses ;)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
What a freakin’ surprise, out of nowhere, this little story ended up being. Okay, here’s the deal. Bloggers get requests to review books. Yes, crazy, I know. I got asked to read and review this little pink ditty and I said “sure”. The cover is the prettiest shade of pink. But honestly, I’m not a huge fan of the looooooong title; I can never remember it correctly so I just refer to it in my head as ‘The Burnouts’ book.But this story is nothing really about burnouts. Okay, it sort of is. But it is SO much more! Ms. Gordon, your synopsis is just too vague. Yeah, yeah, it’s got a love story in there but it’s more like a LIFE story of one couple’s love. Am I giving too much away? Nah, let me explain…Carrie lives next door to Ben and they’ve grown up together. Ben was always the geeky “boy scout” who had aspirations to be in the Army. Carrie just lived in the moment with the ultimate goal to escape her home life. But for as long as they’ve lived next to each other, they’ve always been in each other’s life, or at least known what is going on it.This story captures that time in everyone’s life when you’re finishing high school and going forward into the world. Do you stick to the plans and dreams you’ve had since you were 10 years old. Or do you adapt, make sacrifices, and changes for the “bigger” things you never knew you wanted in life? What if you fail? Who’s there to catch you?I remember that time well…I guess that’s why I enjoyed this story immensely! I enjoyed it so much I got pissed, I giggled like a schoolgirl, and I bawled like a baby. It may have been that time of the month but I really don’t think so. I think the story just really got to me.Supporting characters were interesting, too! I did get a wee bit frustrated trying to figure out MG, Carrie’s best friend. I think that was only because she didn’t have a “voice” in the story. But I WILL understand that crazy brain of her’s soon (see below). And the writing? Superb. In my ARC copy, I don’t recall finding any typos. That is always a turnoff for me, especially with independently published books.I’m not going to spoil anything for you but let me assure you of this: there is a HEA but it is NOT a straight line to get there. And for that, I commend Ms. Gordon. Some reviewers may have felt that the curveballs thrown-in were unnecessary. I thought them true to life. This ain’t no fairy tale ;) Well, it kind of is…Ms. Gordon is madly working on the next book in the series which looks like it picks up on the side story with MG! Yes, I will know what the heck MG was thinking…