Review: Realistic and lovely
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
I recently won a signed book by Mandy Baggot and thought I'd read her other books while I waited for it to arrive. So by process of eenie meenie miney mo, this is the first book I started with.I love the cover. I can not tell you how many books I've read where the cover does not match the description of the actual character. It's not just been in self published books, but ones by the big publishers too. It drives me nuts. Anyhow, the couple on the cover is much truer to the book as a silhouette can be. The contents of the silhouette are one Freya Johnson, photographer extraordinaire, and Nicholas "Nick" Kaden, the Hollywood hunk du jour. Freya is not your average heroine. She's not a perfect US size 2/UK size 4. She's a US 18/UK 20 with a lot of attitude and heart, and I really liked that, especially since she doesn't fit the mold of a romance novel heroine.They meet by fate on the beautiful island of Corfu, which if it's the way Ms.Baggot described, sounds divine and I want to go right now as long as it's not too cold. Freya might seem confident, but she's not on the inside and so she questions whether or not Nick's feelings for her are real. I really liked Freya. She had sass and she defended those she cared about fiercely. Freya was not only a great friend, but also had great friends like Emma. I felt as if I could really relate to Freya.The story is great. I was really crabby and even possibly quite rude when pulled away from my reading. I was engrossed and wanted to know what happened next. I am sure you will be drawn in to this book too, just as I was.