Review: Callum and Charlie
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
This was a frustrating book.First the premise- Girl is working hard-exhausted- has a second job where she meets “THE ONE”. He sweeps her off her feet, takes care of all of her debt, moves her into gorgeous apartment and they have mind blowing sex. Sounds good so far? Well here’s the kicker- he works in London- several hours away, leaving on Sunday and returning to Manchester every Friday. So she gets to have fun all week- going out with her pals most nights, works and waits for him to return each week. When he returns each week, they are all over each other, he wines and dines her and goes out with all of their pals. She MAYBE gets a call or two during the week, but isn’t concerned AT ALL!SERIOUSLY?!?! She is a young, beautiful girl, Callum is several years older than her, successful and gorgeous. Sounds like sex on a stick. Perfect arrangement for over 15 months. Until he seems a bit distant (I guess further away than London?) and misses his time with her or is constantly on the phone with “work”. The storyline felt very predictable to me.So she decides to surprise him in London. You know this can’t end well.The fallout from this disaster is widespread. Lots of broken hearts…and noses.The motivation of the H/h is what baffles me. Do people really get married or stay married for the kids? Even if they can’t stand each other?Is there still this naiveté—“of course he has no life outside of his time with me,” never mind that he freaks any time the future is discussed?Amidst all this crazy Callum fights for Charlie- yay-and Charlie matures-double yay! The epilogue does a good job of wrapping all of the storylines up.