If you know anything about me, from my posts, you should have come across me saying multiple times that a book was too short for me.
Typically if it's under 300 pages I feel like I've been left out, only given half the story, or rushed. And I hate that, the feeling of being rushed through a story.
This book was completely unlike that.
I loved the story. I loved the idea, I loved the Christmas theme.
The blurb on the cover says "A love/hate story" and that's exactly what it was for me, because I hated Lila up until the impromptu wedding singer scene. Seriously. I kept asking myself why I bought the book because I disliked her that much. But I kept reading with the hopes that it would get better. I figured 216 pages, surely it'd get better soon.
Once I reached the wedding singer moment, everything fell into place for me.
I really enjoyed being around Beau and Lila, I related to the little sibling part of the story, having put up with my two younger sisters.
From that moment on it was awesome. Such a joy to read. There were so many different scenes through the book that just made me fall in love with it.
Of course at the end when we had to do the conflict before the resolution that I knew deep down would come, I was still annoyed that she went back, (I'm trying to be cryptic here) but ultimately I was very happy (sappy, happy) with the ending and the book.
^Said it better than me, except I liked Lila for the most part, I've gotten used to characters like hers. Plus if you know what sort of people I have to put up with on a daily bases, believe me Lila is perfect.
ReplyDelete:D I don't think I'll ever get used to characters like hers. I'm sure I can imagine the kinds of people you put up with. I know I'm older, but boy do I remember people like her in high school.
ReplyDeleteI usually wasn't around them much :)
And it's not so much that I thought it was a bad portrayal, on the contrary I thought she was "perfect" as well. That's why I couldn't stand her. :D
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