Reviewed by Donna 4 Stars
I adore
Lila Felix’s style of writing and this one was no exception. It is the cutesy
romance that we all love to gush over and so beautifully written. This book is
Owen and Nellie’s story.
Nellie is
one badass chick, she is the captain of the roller derby team, she changes her
hair colour as often as people change their undies, she has tattoos and
piercings…you may think rough???? But no, she was adorable..she wasn’t
emotionally wrecked etc like most books, she was strong and feisty and
absolutely hilarious.
Owen was
so sweet…I know boys don’t like to be called sweet but he really was, he
was studying to be a biologist so was very smart, he had a pretty entertaining
past but was full of trust and self esteem issues. This has been brought on by
an ex-girlfriend and ex-best friend (enough said). One of my favourite lines
from the book was when Owen first set his eyes on Nellie in his American Lit
Class….
“I had never seen her before and I couldn’t for the life of me comprehend why. She was drop dead gorgeous with the most perfect pair of legs not to mention she had hair the colour of a smurf’s ass”
I loved
the journey that this book took us throughout their relationship, it was a bit
of instalove but it was believable, it was by no means plain sailing another
thing that it made all the more believable…I adore the Black family. All of
Owen’s family are extremely close and the brothers I hope are going to keep me
entertained with some books of their own. Sylvia, the matriarch of the family
is just sooooooooo, oooh you just want to cuddle her…she takes everyone in,
makes them feel welcome, feeds them, looks after them is their sounding
board…she is just THE BEST MUM in the world…everyone should have one.
Another
line that I loved…
“The
first time I proposed we were in your bed, the second time in front of my
family and this time, it’s just me and you again. I hurt you once, broke your
heart. I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to fix it. Will you marry me, take
a chance on me again?”
The epilogue was beautiful, no
cliff hangers!! I will say that this is definitely YA, there are no sex
scenes…so if it is heat you want, you are reading the wrong book, but if you
want to read about a very cute couple finding love and the journey that they
take to find it then this is the one for you…beautiful characters, beautifully
written, I loved it…can’t wait for the next one.
Check out the blog tomorrow and Saturday for Donna's review of book 2 and book 3 of The Love and Skate Series and courtesy of author Lila Felix we have a giveaway on Saturday for one lucky person to win a set of the 3 books for their Kindle!
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