I'm in the minority here I guess. Parts of this were 5 stars...I really felt the emotions of the characters when tragedy struck them. I loved the beginning of Ember and Josh's relationship. I hated her pushing him away so much and her ridiculous/childish reasons! I couldn't put the book down until halfway and then I was bored.....skimming the rest. N/A books are hit or miss with me. The sex parts were descriptive but very few considering the way the 2 characters were supposed to be into each other. They supposedly both had wanted each other since high school. I wasn't feeling it. ( )

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were believable in how they dealt with the life altering events that occurred in their lives. I loved the story line and the protagonists and the slight twist at the end was well written. I hope this author writes more books because I quite enjoy her writing style and characterization. ( )

It's a real emotional read that really touches you.
Heroine has a boyfriend of three years at the start of the book.
Hero is a man-whore.
Heroine is a virgin, her boyfriend wants to wait til marriage.
They break up quite quickly.
The Hero is amazing until the last part.
He is older than her but the actions described below are really childish.
He's still quite young but still........

No intimate scenes other than the Hero and heroine except him dancing close with other woman and the other woman running her hands over him.
Secondary characters introduced.
Pushing away by heroine.


Spoiler...




And I loved it up to the point when Josh sees her having lunch with her ex, she's telling him goodbye and there is no chance of getting back together and I was disgusted with the way Josh then treated her. He told her he'd wait for her to be ready for a relationship then he deliberately hurts her and encourages the two girls that have been chasing him.

At that point I wish she'd said b4 getting in the car that she'd set Riley straight and chosen him then walked away, not let him hurt her so much that he let her think he would sleep with someone else. He lost my respect at that point.

Details of other woman drama in comments below this review. ( )

It is pretty heavy emotionally, right from the start. I liked the characters and felt their reactions were real. Even though the topics they were all dealing with weren't always happy, the book made me happy-to see that you can rise above it all and thrive. ( )

La primera mitad estuvo bien. La parte de Ember haciéndose cargo de su familia luego de que su padre, quien era militar, muera en servicio, me conmovió un poco. Y sus primeros encuentros con Josh me parecieron tiernos. Pero luego todo se viene abajo.



La segunda mitad es una telenovela.

Los protagonistas comienzan a enamorarse.


Ember tiene algunas escenas de celos porque por supuesto a Josh Walker le llueven las mujeres.

(No son taaan dramaticas, pero amo este gif :P)

Luego Ember descubre que Josh tiene un secreto.


Y decide dejarlo.


Josh se deprime.


Ember se deprime.


Y al final, obviamente, deciden que su amor es capaz de superar cualquier cosa y vuelven a estar juntos.


Leer esto, definitivamente, no ha sido una de mis decisiones mas brillantes.
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