Okay, so I’d been wanting to read a book by this author for a while. I was finally able to jump in on a tour and see what I thought. To be honest, this is going to be a mixed bag of a review.

Let’s start with the good stuff. I did really like the story line, the small town, the characters, and there was some cute banter. There was a lot of things that I think were realistic in how people reacted or behaved in certain situations. Something that I know I often complain about how people don’t do things realistically. When I finished the book, it was with a smile, and a thought that I wouldn’t mind reading the next book and knowing what Harper’s sister’s story would end up being.

On the negative side, I had some issues with some of the writing itself. There was a ton of the telling instead of showing, and I got to where I was kind of skipping/skimming quickly through sections to just get to actual action. Once in awhile I would then have to skip back up a few paragraphs to get a detail I was missing for the story as it went on. But otherwise, I did kind of speed through the second half of the book since I was doing that. Not that the second half was bad! I mean like I said, it did make me think I might want to read another book to keep up with these characters. The other negative for me was I did not like how he reacted to her decision that gave us that final bit of drama. I mean yeah, we needed that separation, but he was the one who told her she gave to much of herself. I did like how though even when she would wonder if she’d done the right thing, she also would then come back to remember that she was doing it for herself, which made me respect her.

Overall a cute story. And I might possibly read more in this series in the future if I have time. 

I rounded my rating up to 4 stars because I did like the story so much, but really I'd give it a 3.5 star rating.