This book grabbed me from the get go. It was a simple story, but had good banter and definitely steamy scenes. There was a built in end date set for the two even with their mistaken beginning of a relationship because of the move for Noah and his brother Luke. But it was good to see that Noah was able to see past the way he’d felt about Amanda pretty quickly. You could see the change in his mind and his own revelations about how things he’d assumed were negative or her being somewhat rude in the past actually weren’t, and had a more realistic, easily understandable reason. Reasons that he grew to love about her in a way. I have to say the way that Amanda decided to go after Noah at the half-marathon was incredible. I had never been to one before, only had an idea about them from tv or movies, but after going to watch my sister run a half-marathon last October, it made what happened in that scene really come alive for me in the book. Another thing I really liked was how Amanda realized when she was sitting and talking about her issues with Noah at friend get-togethers, that she had done similar for them, and that how they were reacting to her was just like the way she had also tried to help them. I think it was helpful for her to see outside the situation in a way, using her own past experiences.

Review first appeared at Lisa Loves Literature.