I think I was expecting the baby part of this to be the big stumbling block for them but that doesn’t come up until must later in the book. The beginning is the back and forth for Hannah & her feelings for Derek. I can kinda see where she’s coming from because she’s known him since he was barely a teenager and she was in a motherly role with her brother at that point so that would have meant she saw Derek as the same. Now she’s coming out of a bad marriage with an immature guy so it’ll be hard for her to see Derek as mature, not a kid. But she’s definitely not giving him enough credit :) Derek has done a lot of growing up over the years but he never outgrew his crush on Hannah … and now he has the chance to act on it. He’s just got to convince her that he’s all man.

This is another of those stories where their issues are caused by their lack of communication – making assumptions, not talking and reacting with emotion. If they just got over themselves and talked it would have been a much shorter book (but where is the fun in that :) ). Hannah is very caught up in what she “should” be doing and how it will look to others that she forgets to ask herself what she wants to do. And because of Derek’s childhood he still has some issues with acceptance, regardless of how successful he’s been since he left town. I feel bad for him but that causes a lot of his issues with Hannah because he reacts with his heart instead of his head whenever he feels unwanted.

I know that for some people the communication issue is a no-go so I want to warn you now. I’m usually on the not-a-fan side when it comes to that kind of story but for me Kwan handles it really well. I never got overly frustrated or wanted to smack them and I always consider that a win :) It definitely isn’t everyone’s favorite storyline but her writing is so well done and that helps to make it work.

(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)