Review: not bad for a debut novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
Very sweet story about finding and falling in love. This story is so real, its refreshing.In the beginning Emmalynne is in an abusive marriage. She has been contemplating leaving, but then fate intervenes and she is in a car accident. She lives but her a-hole husband does not. Ok, that may be a little harsh, he didn't deserve to die, but still. I'm a little glad he did. He was a d-bag.Emmy is left with a 4 year old son. Fast forward 5 years and she hasn't had sex let alone dated since the accident. She has very low self esteem despite everyone loving her and flocking to her. She is SO talented it's amazing. It seems to me she is the perfect package but she can't see it.Along comes Grady and there's this instant connection that they both feel yet can't explain. It's so sweet and kind of innocent in a way. Grady is ex Special Forces and as sweet as can be. He comes to Emmy's rescue from creepy Corbin, that was from left field! He makes Emmy feel special and shows her he loves her just the way she is, despite not being able to tell her at first and almost blowing his chances.But I also felt bad for Grady. His ex is a manipulative woman and although she did apologize later, I'm still mad at her. And I'm mad at everyone for jumping to conclusions without letting him explain. Although as a woman, I'd probably be pissed and hurt too.This was a good book, very interesting and fast paced read. Would have liked more details, and possibly a bit longer. The ending seemed almost abrupt. I enjoyed the POV from both characters, it just portrays the story better IMO. And I loved their over all thoughts and interactions and all that, it was very life like, like you could tell that if this were real life, that's probably exactly what would happen. Definitely could use a good edit run through.Good book for a debut novel!