Review: Such a gem!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
This is the kind of story that makes me love indie. It's happy, gives me all the right kind of feels, while still keeping me flipping throught the pages when certain events occured.Clementine is college senior who majors in English and Creative Writing. Under a pen name, Clemetine hit indie fame by publishing a YA manuscript she penned her freshman yearof college. While that book has been wildly succesful, since then, Clementine hasn't been able to publish again. Seeking inspiration in the dorm she wrote her first novel, she first meets sexy RA, Gavin Murphy. He's charming, but Clementine (as she well describes), has a bitch mode, so she brushes him off. It turns out that Gavin is friends with Clementine's friends, so they're put into close proximity quite frequently. When Clementine accidentally signs up for a romance writing class, Gavin offers himself up for the job of giving her inspiration and writing material. So comences the swoon and a very entertaining book.Dearest Clementine is what I love about NA. It features characters in college, but they face everyday things (from parties, to clas, to work), in such a witty and realistic way, that it was relatable. While the beginning started off a bit slow, and the first half focused more on the romance, the book did have some plot twists which I enjoyed and added tension to the story. And speaking of the romance, it was so sweet! Gavin is not the typical bad boy or manwhore we see in NA. He's funny and sweet, while still being a bit intense, and the ways he chooses to help Clementine with her novel were well...quite sexy. He also was understanding of Clementine, who because of some situations in her past, was quite a closed off character. Yet, I could relate to Clementine and her fears. She'd had an abrupt end to high school, with her high school boyfriend cheating on her, and then a rough start to college, with a professor being more that inappropiate with her. So yes, Clementine had trust issues, but with Gavin, she looked to go beyond that, and watching them both banter and fall slowly in love was a sweet treat.If you like NA, check this one out. It kept me riveted and so endeared to all the characters that I can't wait to read the rest of the companion novels in this series.