Review: Caught me off guard in a good way.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
Sometimes books surprise me. When I first started reading this book I had a preconceived notion of what it was going to be like. I thought it was probably going to be a fluff romance, a quick read, and I was totally ok with that. BOY was I wrong. It caught me totally off guard. What started off as a quaint book about two college sweethearts quickly became a fantastic story about love, fear and loss. Emory has a lot of loss in her life. She's tough and independent which is often her downfall. Luckily she has her roommate Wesley and his boyfriend to keep her balanced plus fed. After breaking it off with her fiance, Emory literally RUNS into her old college boyfriend who broke her heart when he left her. I loved how the story of their college romance and break up was rolled out slowly over the book allowing you to learn about the characters without bias. You learn about them then and now. You see why they are the way they are and what brought them to the place in their life that they are at. Throw in a protective dad (Emory's), an overbearing mother (Mason's), in laws that are crazy -but funny (Steven and Olivia)) and you have the makings of a great story. If you are looking for a great, well written love story....look no further.I received this book as an ARC. My thoughts are my own and positive review was not required.