William and Olivia see thru each other pretty much right away. She knows that beneath the charming and flirtatious mask that he shows the work, William is hiding the real man. And he quickly realizes that while everyone else sees a dull and unusual woman, there is something quite engaging about Olivia. Their shared love of literature gives them a little extra connection but it is the fact that they see so much more than the rest of the world that truly brings them together.

Because it is short we don’t get a lot of the falling in love part of their story – we get the meet-cute and all of the interactions that bring them together, then we get the aftermath. We do get just enough though to get a good understanding of how they end up where they do … and how they end up going the way that they must.

I have to say that the ending is one of my favorites. While William might have come to the realization of his feeling a bit abruptly, readers and those closest to him know what is coming. And they way that he goes about winning back Olivia’s heart is just about perfect.

(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)