Olivia shouldn’t be checking out the sexy older guy at the coffee shop. She should remind herself what happened the last time she was drawn to a man.Olivia should know better than to start something that could ruin both their lives.The trouble is, sometimes the things we shouldn’t do become the hardest habits to break.
This one started out so strong for me, pulled me in and hooked me quickly. Especially when I started getting the hero’s POV. Everything that he had been through, their age gap, how long and what all it took for him to put himself back out there. I just couldn’t wait to get further into their story. But then it just fell flat. I feel like there was so much potential and then it just bombed! It was just a back and forth and back and forth, over and over again. The moments when the hero and heroine were attempting to work things out didn’t feel like they were working things out at all. Sometimes their conversations didn’t make any sense at all and just left me confused about what was happening…but sadly eventually it just left me wanting to drop the book entirely.
Also, I found numerous typos throughout the book in addition to random markings that I feel like might have been part of the writing/editing process and overlooked. It bothered me because it made me feel like perhaps I was missing something, maybe there was something about these random letters and numbers inside parenthesis that meant something to the story…it did NOT. Just an oversight on the editor or authors part. Regardless, some of these typos should have never made it into a published novel. I’m not usually harsh on my reviews, but I do feel like the editing process is something that authors should NOT skip.
If you love age gap and enjoy reading characters who had a hard time in life get a second chance at love; this one might be good for you.
This is a nice short and fast read of a story with a lot of potential that moved a bit too fast for my liking which is probably why I couldn’t really connect with the characters and why I had some troubles warming up to their story.
The Story:
Since Liv noticed this guy the first time at the coffee shop, she finds herself craving coffee a lot more lately. When he then introduces himself to her, she can’t believe her luck as he seems attracted to her and even though he is obviously older that her, he really is a good-looking guy. But her luck doesn’t seem to hold long when her next semester at UNI starts.
Thoughts:
Everything in this story happened really quickly. Olivia and Issac found each other within a short time and everything else seemed to happen shortly after just having met. I would have liked to get to know the characters a little bit better. It felt like that those details when you meet someone for the first time; those ‘in-between-the-lines’ got swept under the rug. At least it felt that way for me.
Like I said before, this story has a lot of potential that wasn’t used which is sad because it was not boring at all though the characters changed their minds all the time and annoyed the hell out of me.
What bothered me a bit was that this certain topic of this story held no barrier for the characters and they both didn’t seem to have any problems with it. I found it strange because Olivia just hesitated because she didn’t want him to lose his job but everything else didn’t seem to bother them.
I had the feeling to read about two teenagers in love which bothered me a bit and when you read the story you will know what I mean because I don’t want to give too much away. And the ending of this story astonished me even more.
Because of all the rush and no real dealing of the normally hard situations I can’t give this story more than 3 stars. The story was also missing a bit more depth and the thing with her ex seemed like it didn’t bother anyone and as fast as he came did he leave again. It jumped from one thing to the other.
Apart from all the stuff mentioned above was the book well written and strangely I still enjoyed reading it. I would surely read another book of this author again.