Another great read from Rainbow Rowell.

Most great love stories tend to focus on beginnings, with drama escalating over how a young couple comes together. Rarer, are stories that detail the messy middle of a long-term relationship between two "middle-aged" individuals, and this novel details the turmoils of Georgie and Neal so vividly and authentically.

I suppose that is an odd way to describe a book about a magic phone, but it's hard not to get emotionally invested in the characters of a Rowell novel. Her characterization and ability to buildup dramatic emotional pays off quite nicely.

My one critique would be labeling this novel as a work of "sci-fi." The mechanism behind how the phone functions is never explained, and really only exists as a plot device.

Still, it is definitely worth a read.