Review: Fantastic joint effort!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2013
I was given an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I can't remember a time I was so anxious to read a book that wasn't a sequel to a series I had been currently reading, but with both Lila and Rachel teasing excerpts of this book on their Facebook pages I was drawn in with the very first teaser.  Although I am a huge fan of Rachel Higginson, I had never even heard of Lila Felix before, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this co-authored book.  Well, I wasn't disappointed!  These two authors writing styles merged together so seamlessly that I would have never known that each point of view was written by completely different people!I fell in love with Cami from the very first snarky inner tirade against the guy her sister set her up with.  At first I had a love-hate relationship with Stockton.  He first grabbed my heart with his many selfless acts of kindness, yet with his attitude towards Cami there were times I just wanted to smack him upside the head and tell him to take a step back and look at her, not physically, cause we all know she is beautiful, but look under the surface of the beauty.  I can't remember a time I have ever cried so hard out of pure compassion for a character as I did with Cami or with frustration like I did with Stockton and Cami's aunt and uncle.  You take a girl who has ever had to work a day in her life, a girl who was given every material possession she could ever want and stick her in the middle of nowhere on a farm with family she barely knows, well of course it is going to be rough.  But one thing I can say for Cami is that she really tried to do everything her aunt and uncle had planned for her, and to see those efforts not appreciated, and sometimes even spurned, well that just made my blood boil for her.  Once Stockton started to see Cami as a young woman trying so hard to please the people around her - and wanting so much to be appreciated for her efforts instead of the spoiled rich girl he imagined - well that is the moment that Stockton became one of my favorite book boyfriends.* Parents please be aware there is drinking, driving drunk, and strong language in this book.