Jason Thorn... My brother's childhood friend.
Oh, how stupidly in love with that boy I was. He was the first boy that made me blush, my first official crush. Sounds beautiful so far, right? That excitement that bubbles up inside you, those famous butterflies you feel for the very first time--he was the reason for them all. But, you only get to live in that fairytale world until they crush your hopes and dreams and then stomp on your heart for good measure. And boy did he crush my little heart into pieces.
After the stomping part he became the boy I did my best to stay away from--and let me tell you, it was pretty hard to do when he slept in the room right across from mine.
When tragedy struck his family and they moved away, I was ready to forget he ever existed.
Now he is a movie star, the one who makes women of all ages go into a screaming frenzy, the one who makes everyone swoon with that dimpled smile of his. Do you think that's dreamy? I certainly don't think so. How about me coming face to face with him? Nope still not dreamy. Not when I can't even manage to look him in the eye.
Me? I'm Olive, a new writer. Actually, I'm THE writer of the book that inspired the movie he is about to star in on the big screen. As of late, I am also referred to as the oh-so-very-lucky girl who is about to become the wife of Jason Thorn.
Maybe you're thinking yet again that this is all so dreamy? Nope, nothing dreamy going on here. Not even close.
Oh, how stupidly in love with that boy I was. He was the first boy that made me blush, my first official crush. Sounds beautiful so far, right? That excitement that bubbles up inside you, those famous butterflies you feel for the very first time--he was the reason for them all. But, you only get to live in that fairytale world until they crush your hopes and dreams and then stomp on your heart for good measure. And boy did he crush my little heart into pieces.
After the stomping part he became the boy I did my best to stay away from--and let me tell you, it was pretty hard to do when he slept in the room right across from mine.
When tragedy struck his family and they moved away, I was ready to forget he ever existed.
Now he is a movie star, the one who makes women of all ages go into a screaming frenzy, the one who makes everyone swoon with that dimpled smile of his. Do you think that's dreamy? I certainly don't think so. How about me coming face to face with him? Nope still not dreamy. Not when I can't even manage to look him in the eye.
Me? I'm Olive, a new writer. Actually, I'm THE writer of the book that inspired the movie he is about to star in on the big screen. As of late, I am also referred to as the oh-so-very-lucky girl who is about to become the wife of Jason Thorn.
Maybe you're thinking yet again that this is all so dreamy? Nope, nothing dreamy going on here. Not even close.
I want to start with that Ella is a new author to me. Until I found To Hate Adam Connor on my recommendation list, I hadn't heard of her before and that pained me.
I actually read the book backwards but it didn't ruin the other book for me. It didn't give anything away.
Still, I thought I'd write this review first....
Olive is a new writer, already hitting best sellers and now has a esecs after her book to produce a movie. She doesn't even end up saying herself, the choice is made for her the minute Jason Thorn came into the room.
I'd met the couple in the second book first, so I had an insight to their relationship, or so I thought.
How they started wasn't very conventional but without that push, I don't think Jason would have taken that time to see her as anything other than his best friends little sister.
I would have liked to have known what made Jason, Jason. When we get a glimpse of their early years, he leaves at a really bad time and with a father he didn't really know because he was never there for him. You'd think with that he'd turn out to be a bad boy, one that rebelled against everything but spite everything, Jason made himself a life, a good one, even with all the bad publicity.
Then we have sweet Olive. I freaking loved her character. Especially when she's drunk.
I also love the secondary characters, my favourite Lucy and that's not because I read her book first... okay, maybe it had a major factor in it but she is such a good friend to Olive, never once making her feel any less of herself and always there. It made me adore Lucy more.
I'm not going to go into the story as it is really good. The only part I found disappointing was the ending. I wanted a little more drama there. The writing is written beautifully, a little too detailed in places, but spectacular nonetheless. But at the end, I found it was a quick wham bam thank you mam moment. Something happens with the main characters, something big and instead of seeing the aftermath, we get nothing. I wanted to see them take down a certain someone, get answers, or what have you.
All in all, I loved it... 4*
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