Review: I love & freaking adore this book!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
I don't even know where to begin with how much I loved and freaking adored this novel. I was giddy, laughing, squeeing, teary eyed and in obsessive love with every single thing about this book. K.M. Galvin has written a book that is forever on my keeper shelf and re-read shelf. Right from the prologue, I was hooked, and by the time I finished reading the first chapter, I knew I was going to love this book.When Marisol or Mari, for short, graduates college with a history major, she encounters the problem many individuals are facing after graduation - she can't get a job. With no options and no job offers, she is forced to move home and live with her parents. On her first day home - literally having just driven into town - she picks a bar, goes in and orders a drink. In the process of getting a drink, she meets the bartender. After a delightfully hilarious encounter with the bartender that includes copious amounts of word vomit, she downs her drink and races out without a backward glance. That's when things become interesting, turns out she leaves her ID at the bar.Realizing that she needs to go back to the bar, she drags herself out of bed and her pit of depression, to go get it back. Which is where she comes face to face with the bartender, who happens to be the wonderfully sweet and sexy, Jason. When she continues to suffer from word vomit that spews her humiliation and slight depression onto him, he counters with a job opportunity. Working for his sister, Emily, watching her son, Michael.With no other options and in desperate need of some money, she calls Emily and accepts the job. From there it gets all kinds of funny, heartwarming, sexy, and completely awesome. As Mari and Jason begin to fall into a friendship that ultimately turns steamy, she also begins to become friends with an incredible group of people, Emily included.Mari is one of my favorite main characters of recent books, she deals with stuff that is very relevant to anyone struggling to find their way in life. I found her hugely relatable and so many times throughout the book, I was nodding my head, as she dealt with life. It's odd learning to be an adult, loving yourself and letting other people in. She's also crazy, hilarious, and an all around awesome individual. I loved her.Which brings me to Jason. I loved him from the very first moment that he appeared. His first scene has little to no real detail about him, but even without much detail of what he looks like, or even his name, my curiosity was piqued. And when we finally learn more about him, like his name, his looks and the fact that he used to be in a band - someday Rock Star Alert! - I fell into complete book love. This guy is all kinds of wonderful - seriously.The chemistry between Mari and Jason is strong, really strong. I loved their friendship, their humor and how they react to each other. I also really liked their nicknames for each other, Mari calls him Bartender and Jason calls her Crazy - cuteness, major flipping cuteness. Definitely adding this wonderful couple to my list of favorite book couples.The other characters in the book are equally as interesting, especially Emily, Jason's sister. Emily is AWESOME!! I really can't wait until the next book, need to know what happens with Emily. Every single character though, stands out, and they each have their own unique personality. Loved them all.All in all, I really loved this book. It's super sweet, very sexy, with friendships that I wish I was apart of, a relationship that I couldn't help but root for, a main character that had me laughing almost non-stop and a book boy that grabbed my bookish heart. I can't recommend this book enough, if you like the New Adult genre, than you definitely need to read the awesomeness that is Going Nowhere. K.M. Galvin is an author to keep your eye on, and I for one will be reading anything else that she writes.I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Originally posted on Me, Myself & Books