Review: Very good!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
I really loved this book. As a person who has struggled with weight gain since college, I could identify with Megan. Some scenes really rang true for me like the first time she had to get weighed. I went through that when I had to get weighed for a pre-op physical before knee surgery and I had many of the same thoughts. After knee surgery, when I got pneumonia and almost died, I had to lose weight and I did it, with a lot of help.I loved Jacob and Megan together. I thought it was great that Travis changed after Megan didn't marry him and that they both stood up to his mother, who is a snob and a bigot. I thought the secondaries -- Sam, Carmen, Porter, and Megan's brothers, were terrific. Lydia? Oh, I just wanted to slap her. I think it's going to take a lot--maybe a health crisis or some other life-changing event--to make her realize how much she's hurting herself. And I'm crazy about Al the cat. I love kitties!My favorite line (there were a lot) was when Megan's mom accuses her of being rocked when she meant stoned.A really good book and the only reason I gave it four stars instead of five was because there was an awful lot of cussing (from the ladies!), and I would have liked an author bio because I'd like to learn more about the person who wrote this wonderful story. I hope there are more coming that feature these characters.