Review: Loved Jules's strength and Jake was easy to love too!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
I received an e-copy of No Place Like Home in exchange for an honest review.Jules has made her way through several foster homes, including one that she'd go back in time if it meant not having to have gone there.  Now that she's 18 and has aged out of the system, she dreads her last visit with her counselor, knowing that she has no where to go.  Her counselor offers her an unofficial solution - she knows a family who'd be willing to take her in on a temporary basis while she figured out where to go from there.  The solution is so unofficial that she can't talk about it at the office, so she tells Jules to meet her back there at the end of the day, and she'll take her to the family.Free to rove around the city for a few hours, but hungry, she stops into a pizza shop where she bumps into the most gorgeous guy she's ever laid her eyes on and they share a table together.  Something about Jake intrigues her and in turn she intrigues him.  A little harmless flirting happens and they part ways, neither one ever expecting to see each other again.Oh, but of course, you know they meet again.  The next time at a club where Jules has gone with her new neighbor and new friend Liz.  The intrigue grows and this time Jules leaves with Jake's phone number and promised to call him.  Then she discovers who he really is and she resolves to have nothing more to do with him as she thinks nothing good could ever come of the situation.  But Jake's not ready to let her walk away from what could be great - and her past issues be damned, he's determined to make things work.  Can he convince her to do the same?I loved this book and devoured it in one sitting!! (Sorry kids, it's pour your own cereal for breakfast today!) I love Jules'.  Even knowing all that she'd gone through, the fact that she could still put one foot in front of the other every day and try to get that much past the horrific events of her life are inspiring.  And then there's Jake.  Add another book boyfriend to my ever growing list.  So gorgeous, so sexy, so sensitive to Jules' predicament, and so determined to make things work.  He does have the one downfall about what was going on when he started things with Jules, but that's easy to overlook because you know his heart was in the right place with Jules.I can't believe that this is Deanna Holland's first published book - it's so well written and the characters are so well written and real that I'd think she'd been doing this writing gig for forever.  I'll definitely be keeping my eyes out for more books from her!