Sharing a summer house with a hot-as-hell roommate should be a dream come true, right?
Not when it's Justin...the only person I'd ever loved...who now hates me.
When my grandmother died and left me half of the house on Aquidneck Island, there was a catch: the other half would go to the boy she helped raise.
The same boy who turned into the teenager whose heart I broke years ago.
The same teenager who's now a man with a hard body and a hardass personality to match.
I hadn't seen him in years, and now we're living together because neither one of us is willing to give up the house.
The worst part? He didn't come alone.
I'd soon realize there's a thin line between love and hate. I could see through that smug smile. Beneath it all...the boy is still there. So is our connection.
The problem is...now that I can't have Justin, I've never wanted him more.
Not when it's Justin...the only person I'd ever loved...who now hates me.
When my grandmother died and left me half of the house on Aquidneck Island, there was a catch: the other half would go to the boy she helped raise.
The same boy who turned into the teenager whose heart I broke years ago.
The same teenager who's now a man with a hard body and a hardass personality to match.
I hadn't seen him in years, and now we're living together because neither one of us is willing to give up the house.
The worst part? He didn't come alone.
I'd soon realize there's a thin line between love and hate. I could see through that smug smile. Beneath it all...the boy is still there. So is our connection.
The problem is...now that I can't have Justin, I've never wanted him more.
Gah, LOVED this book.
I came about it by chance on Amazon and thought, hey that sounds like my kind of book, so I gave it a chance and didn't regret it. Why would I? It was brilliantly written, had a man to die for, a strong independent woman who I really liked. She had morals, charm, whit, and was all round a caring and nice person. I loved her right off.
She had just broken up with a boyfriend who had cheated on her when she finds out her grandma has died. She's inherits the house on the Island she finds out she hasn't been left all of it, her childhood crush, and best friend has been given the other half.
After Amelia ran away after finding out something that Justin knew, she never returned. They both lost touch, both too stubborn to make something that was neither of their faults right again. I did expect the wedge between them to be much bigger, it was heartbreaking to know it was such a trivial thing that tore two people in love apart.
We see how close their friendship is during the book, with little flashbacks of their past together and I loved how Justin was back then. He was so protective, so carefree and he loved his friend. But that's all she was. A friend. Both of them had feelings that ran much deeper than friendship, but both were scared they'd lose what they already had by scaring the other off. It was actual kind of cute. It's what first love is all about, and Penelope Ward captures that in her writing.
Justin doesn't turn up alone, his long term girlfriend is with him and he's set out on making Amelia's life a living hell. Not only is there attraction still there, but so is his hate for her leaving him. It is there on the surface ready to blow at every moment they're together and I felt sorry that both had to go through that.
My favourite part was the fact that neither cheated. I know Justin is the only one in a relationship, but Amelia had become friends with his GF. The fact his morals were just as strong as hers made me love them more. I honestly thought I'd be pulling my hair out, screaming at them to just get together already, but it wasn't the case.
The author sends you on a journey where two first loves are brought back together. First they need to find their friendship before they can find that love again. I think they both knew that deep down too.
Penelope wrote it beautifully and the struggling motherhood scenes is what did it for me. I don't think she could have written that anymore perfectly. She was so spot on with the troubles, the aches and pains of motherhood and did it in a way that she wasn't scolding a mother in anyway. I liked that. Struggles of motherhood are real, they are natural and they are hard. Penelope shows that in the book and it honestly brought tears to my eyes.
5*
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