I had to take a bit to get into this one as the author has interwoven all the side characters stories throughout Rory and Zoe’s story instead of them having completely separate timelines. That’s okay though, because it is fun to see the events and things happening from another viewpoint! I really liked Sam and Jamie though.

Sam had some interesting issues with her career, as well as her health and family. I was happy at how things turned out once she had more time with her family and found out just why/how they actually felt the way they did about her. Jamie was interesting as well. He always came off a bit interesting in the other stories, but learning more about him and why he was the way he was in this one was definitely an eye-opener to a lot from those stories.

And then the side characters, like the crazy actor Brad. And Jamie’s mom Morag, as well as other members of the town. All of that is what makes these stories so well rounded over all.

I did have a bit of an issue with Jamie and his insta-love to Sam without having even met her. I mean while Sam had the recording of Jamie playing his songs to kind of fall in love with, and I guess he had her acting on the soap opera, it almost seemed a little too out there at first and way to abrupt for me in that aspect. At times their reasons for not getting together, his especially, and the way he treated her, made me a bit unhappy and not feeling the connection either.

In the end though, as I said, all of it came together and all was fixed up with the end storyline and the characters they were surrounded with.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.