Review: Cute story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
What a nice story.  Elementary friends meet as adults.  Love these second chance books, but I don't know if you would call it second chance romance since the boy and the girl in this book were in 8/9 years old when they were friendsThe story begins with Ciara being convinced by her friend to start a Facebook account. Ciara is shy and keeps to herself except for a few friends.  However, she gets signed up on Facebook by her friend and one of the first people she looks up is her first childhood crush, Hunter.  They "friend" each other and start this new link with each other even though they live in different states.  However, the distance does not prevent them from having feelings for each other.Some of the hardest scenes were where Hunter's twin sister, Lindsay was picking on Ciara.  Even when Lindsay found out that Hunter were communicating via Facebook, she still was a bully.  When you are not happy with your own life, you pick on others. I don't know if I would be so quick to forgive. I felt like some of Lindsay's actions were evil.Did I feel connected to the characters? Yes.  My heart went out for Ciara immediately.  You will love her character.  She is strong, she is kind, she is just a good person.  Even though she had a hard time as a child with her hearing aid, you saw her strength.  Those teachers, like Mrs. Bradshaw should have been fired for just standing back in the sidelines and doing very little to prevent the teasing.  Ugh.  Stuff like that makes so angry.  The teacher was weak for being just as afraid to cross Lindsay like the rest of the students.Pace of the story:  The story started pretty quickly with flashbacks.  You get both Hunter's and Ciara's POV in this story.Positives: I love stories about childhood friends that reconnect later in life. I loved that the story plot was original.Negatives: Some of the dialogue between the characters felt awkward in the beginning, but then I got used to the writing style and enjoyed the story.Bottom line: I love stories of childhood friends that reunite later in life and I loved this one.Book Format Read: A copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.