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Taking the Long Way
One woman's journey towards self-acceptance through love, loss, family, friends, and career.
745 pages, Hardcover
First published September 14, 2012
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Lily R. Mason
5 books214 followersLily R. Mason is an author from California. She has written novels about queer women in many genres: coming of age, domestic drama, multiple realities, and historical romance. Her goal as a writer is to give voice to the women who are often written out of other stories.
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October 11, 2017
Amazing series! steamy,enjoyable,beautiful and a romantic story of both leading characters' struggles with lives ups/downs and their journey through the years of being tested...well written..highly recommend to everyone
February 7, 2017
So, let me start with the things I would have changed:
1) There were a few more sex scenes than necessary. I'm all for some steam when it exists for a reason (furthering character development, deepening relationships, etc.), but there were at least 4, possibly 5, very detailed scenes with no narrative purpose other than "eh, it's steamy."
2) There were a number of scenes that read like public service announcements. There's certainly room for LGBTQ+ education on a variety of topics in a variety of books, but the way it was written here felt as if it was coming directly from the author, rather than the characters. We get scenes on the dangers of alcohol abuse and a number of other issues that are handled the same way.
3) Tropes. We have the emotionally-repressed, type-A brunette who lives in the closet. We have the shorter, warmer, free-spirited blonde who smiles sunbeams while teaching the brunette how to love. We have the homophobic family issues, we have the supportive family solutions. Fortunately, most of these tropes are short-term issues; the characters are all so thoroughly explored, their relationships so carefully examined, that you stop worrying about the familiarity of surface details.
Despite the above criticism, what this book does right, it does so right that it still ends up with a 5-star rating and a spot on my favorites shelf.
What it does very, very right:
1) The "girl-gets-girl" event happens at the 20% completion mark, rather than the 95% completion mark. This is so mind-bogglingly important and sadly uncommon that I almost feel like typing it twice. The vast majority of the novel (like 700 pages of it) happens after the couple has fallen in love. It's about their lives together, their journey over fifteen years of struggle and triumph, not their formulaic courtship on the road to a happily-ever-after.
2) Character development. As mentioned, this is a long, long book which, unlike some reviewers, I feel is a tremendous strength. Could it have used some editing? Sure, but a little repetition is a small price to pay for all the texture and detail we get as a result. At least one, frequently both, of the two main characters are in every single scene. Every. Single. Scene. They live, breathe and grow into one another. If these characters were based on real people, you'd be able to go out to lunch with those people upon finishing the book and hold lengthy conversations about their lives without ever having met them. You would know them better than you know your closest friends.
3) Despite some truly heart-breaking scenes, this is a lovely ode to hope and possibility. It's an optimistic view of what can frequently seem a dark and dangerous world. It doesn't gloss over the ugliness, preaching love as a cure-all; it wades through it, using love as both a source of support and an undeniable motivation.
I love these characters, I love this book, and I love this author. I not only hope she continues to write, but that she continues to explore the facets of romance that are so rarely examined: the life and love that occur after the epilogues are over.
1) There were a few more sex scenes than necessary. I'm all for some steam when it exists for a reason (furthering character development, deepening relationships, etc.), but there were at least 4, possibly 5, very detailed scenes with no narrative purpose other than "eh, it's steamy."
2) There were a number of scenes that read like public service announcements. There's certainly room for LGBTQ+ education on a variety of topics in a variety of books, but the way it was written here felt as if it was coming directly from the author, rather than the characters. We get scenes on the dangers of alcohol abuse and a number of other issues that are handled the same way.
3) Tropes. We have the emotionally-repressed, type-A brunette who lives in the closet. We have the shorter, warmer, free-spirited blonde who smiles sunbeams while teaching the brunette how to love. We have the homophobic family issues, we have the supportive family solutions. Fortunately, most of these tropes are short-term issues; the characters are all so thoroughly explored, their relationships so carefully examined, that you stop worrying about the familiarity of surface details.
Despite the above criticism, what this book does right, it does so right that it still ends up with a 5-star rating and a spot on my favorites shelf.
What it does very, very right:
1) The "girl-gets-girl" event happens at the 20% completion mark, rather than the 95% completion mark. This is so mind-bogglingly important and sadly uncommon that I almost feel like typing it twice. The vast majority of the novel (like 700 pages of it) happens after the couple has fallen in love. It's about their lives together, their journey over fifteen years of struggle and triumph, not their formulaic courtship on the road to a happily-ever-after.
2) Character development. As mentioned, this is a long, long book which, unlike some reviewers, I feel is a tremendous strength. Could it have used some editing? Sure, but a little repetition is a small price to pay for all the texture and detail we get as a result. At least one, frequently both, of the two main characters are in every single scene. Every. Single. Scene. They live, breathe and grow into one another. If these characters were based on real people, you'd be able to go out to lunch with those people upon finishing the book and hold lengthy conversations about their lives without ever having met them. You would know them better than you know your closest friends.
3) Despite some truly heart-breaking scenes, this is a lovely ode to hope and possibility. It's an optimistic view of what can frequently seem a dark and dangerous world. It doesn't gloss over the ugliness, preaching love as a cure-all; it wades through it, using love as both a source of support and an undeniable motivation.
I love these characters, I love this book, and I love this author. I not only hope she continues to write, but that she continues to explore the facets of romance that are so rarely examined: the life and love that occur after the epilogues are over.
April 9, 2019
This was long. Real long. Clocking in at over 700 pages long. But surprisingly I was pretty interested for most of it, as I felt I was a given this private glimpse into someone else's day-to-day life for a few days......a fly on the wall....like a voyeur into a couple's personal relationship-building journey. Does that make me a creep? I feel a little like a creep.
The short description of this book is completely relevant actually. We see it all in this book.....young love, denial, anger, acceptance, joy, lots and lots of fun, crazy, imaginative, romantic and awesome sex (if there's a couple as consistent and creative as this, *slow clap!*), disappointment, sadness, broken trust, supportive peeps, crappy family dynamics....but due to all of this, this almost too perfect couple builds a very strong foundation together. My eyes glazed over and I admit I did skim as the . Others may love this aspect, god love ya.
What didn't flow well for me was the awkward jump into the future, but not far, just like mid 2020. I imagine this is because the book was published when gay marriage wasn't legal yet in Ohio, and from my brief Googling, it was legalized in 2015. But it was somewhat jarring. It may have been more effective if she just backed up the start a few years.
Overall, it was interesting enough, though I'm in no hurry to read the second part knowing the basis of the content.
The short description of this book is completely relevant actually. We see it all in this book.....young love, denial, anger, acceptance, joy, lots and lots of fun, crazy, imaginative, romantic and awesome sex (if there's a couple as consistent and creative as this, *slow clap!*), disappointment, sadness, broken trust, supportive peeps, crappy family dynamics....but due to all of this, this almost too perfect couple builds a very strong foundation together. My eyes glazed over and I admit I did skim as the . Others may love this aspect, god love ya.
What didn't flow well for me was the awkward jump into the future, but not far, just like mid 2020. I imagine this is because the book was published when gay marriage wasn't legal yet in Ohio, and from my brief Googling, it was legalized in 2015. But it was somewhat jarring. It may have been more effective if she just backed up the start a few years.
Overall, it was interesting enough, though I'm in no hurry to read the second part knowing the basis of the content.
January 6, 2023
Amazing book. Title is very accurate for the length lol.
2023 edit: Read this book again just to feel something... they don't make em' like this anymore :(
2023 edit: Read this book again just to feel something... they don't make em' like this anymore :(
May 31, 2017
This book is fantastic. It as realistic story line and as great characters, that you will warm too very quickly.
Except for Delores... she's a bitch.
The book is long. There's no rushing or skipping certain areas by just giving you a quick explanation, it does go into some detail, but I think this is what makes this book appealing to me.
Except for Delores... she's a bitch.
The book is long. There's no rushing or skipping certain areas by just giving you a quick explanation, it does go into some detail, but I think this is what makes this book appealing to me.
August 9, 2017
Ok. I knew the last 3% was gonna be emotional. Good thing I did it at home cause I don't think my blubbering would be so well received at work or in public. I am afterall quite the tenderheart. I own it. It's who I am. And this book seriously resonates with my soul. It's just that good. I can't mash the above 5 star button because it just doesn't exist.
Not sure how to break this book down to it's parts. I had a rough time with the teenage years for obvious reasons. My empathatic nature makes it difficult to deal with themes in a book when things are hard. I feel what they feel, and that stresses me out sometimes. But once we get out of those difficult teenage years and into adulthood things definitely smoothed out for me.
This book was probably the most organic books I've ever read. Nothing felt forced. Nothing felt formulaic. It just flowed. I lost serious chunks of time without even realizing it. THAT makes it a great book.
And to think that this started as fanfic. I swear the more I learn about how much that pantheon has been a healthy outlet for all folks queer. I'm absolutely grateful for it. It really is amazing. https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2805168/...
Now on to book 2.
Not sure how to break this book down to it's parts. I had a rough time with the teenage years for obvious reasons. My empathatic nature makes it difficult to deal with themes in a book when things are hard. I feel what they feel, and that stresses me out sometimes. But once we get out of those difficult teenage years and into adulthood things definitely smoothed out for me.
This book was probably the most organic books I've ever read. Nothing felt forced. Nothing felt formulaic. It just flowed. I lost serious chunks of time without even realizing it. THAT makes it a great book.
And to think that this started as fanfic. I swear the more I learn about how much that pantheon has been a healthy outlet for all folks queer. I'm absolutely grateful for it. It really is amazing. https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2805168/...
Now on to book 2.
February 9, 2023
there is a very unique type of reaction that’s very very rarely evoked from me upon finishing a book. and that’s when i see the words “the end” or “fin” and burst into tears. i genuinely think it’s a type of instant grief over finishing something i was so vulnerably invested in. this book managed to elicit that reaction out of me.
i call my investment in this book a vulnerable one because it is so raw and so real in ways i have hardly ever experienced before. there was no sugarcoating of queer tropes in a everything-magically-works-out kind of way. and yet, this book has to be one of the most beautiful reads i’ve ever indulged in. and with 700 odd pages, it was in fact an indulgence.
there is so much to be said about natalia and bridget. you are coaxed along as a spectator of their unyielding, unwavering, wonderfully relentless love for each other. from the day they first meet in elementary school to the moment they’re both laying in a single hospital bed, tired and blissfully happy with a newborn baby in their arms. the trajectory of their relationship quite simply brought me to my knees.
i didn’t realise how deeply affected i was by this book until i was trudging through the gut wrenching chapters in which natalia and brij were attempting to get pregnant. my roommate walked into my room asking to borrow a hair iron when she stopped in her tracks and mid sentence and goes “oh my god what’s wrong? are you okay?” i wondered, for a split second, what on earth she’s on about when i realised that it’s probably a reflection of natalia and bridget’s horrible pain of soaring hope only to be dropped with a thud at the 2 lines indicating a negative result and yet another failed attempt.
don’t let the length of this book intimidate you or prevent you from delving right into it. it’s a stunningly gorgeous story of the tenderness of sapphic love. the author, Lily R. Mason, has an uncanny ability to make you feel the unwavering love between these 2 characters. imagine loving your partner so deeply that you make it your goal to legally overturn archaic laws preventing gay marriage JUST so you can marry the love of your life????? imagine working both, tirelessly and effortlessly to sustain your relationship through the most gruelling and hellish hurdles, from the absolute hole that is created in your heart from a parent’s non acceptance of your identity or your relationship to the murky waters of depression to the process of childbirth as a same sex couple. and through it all, these characters unflinchingly uplifted each other with the kind of limitless love that holds you and protects you. it’s absolutely glorious.
every single sentence that is written by Mason is so visceral, so consuming, so beautiful and THIS is what i call a romance novel.
(and yes - just like the wide range of tropes that are so realistically explored and executed throughout this novel, the spicy scenes???? abundant!)
i call my investment in this book a vulnerable one because it is so raw and so real in ways i have hardly ever experienced before. there was no sugarcoating of queer tropes in a everything-magically-works-out kind of way. and yet, this book has to be one of the most beautiful reads i’ve ever indulged in. and with 700 odd pages, it was in fact an indulgence.
there is so much to be said about natalia and bridget. you are coaxed along as a spectator of their unyielding, unwavering, wonderfully relentless love for each other. from the day they first meet in elementary school to the moment they’re both laying in a single hospital bed, tired and blissfully happy with a newborn baby in their arms. the trajectory of their relationship quite simply brought me to my knees.
i didn’t realise how deeply affected i was by this book until i was trudging through the gut wrenching chapters in which natalia and brij were attempting to get pregnant. my roommate walked into my room asking to borrow a hair iron when she stopped in her tracks and mid sentence and goes “oh my god what’s wrong? are you okay?” i wondered, for a split second, what on earth she’s on about when i realised that it’s probably a reflection of natalia and bridget’s horrible pain of soaring hope only to be dropped with a thud at the 2 lines indicating a negative result and yet another failed attempt.
don’t let the length of this book intimidate you or prevent you from delving right into it. it’s a stunningly gorgeous story of the tenderness of sapphic love. the author, Lily R. Mason, has an uncanny ability to make you feel the unwavering love between these 2 characters. imagine loving your partner so deeply that you make it your goal to legally overturn archaic laws preventing gay marriage JUST so you can marry the love of your life????? imagine working both, tirelessly and effortlessly to sustain your relationship through the most gruelling and hellish hurdles, from the absolute hole that is created in your heart from a parent’s non acceptance of your identity or your relationship to the murky waters of depression to the process of childbirth as a same sex couple. and through it all, these characters unflinchingly uplifted each other with the kind of limitless love that holds you and protects you. it’s absolutely glorious.
every single sentence that is written by Mason is so visceral, so consuming, so beautiful and THIS is what i call a romance novel.
(and yes - just like the wide range of tropes that are so realistically explored and executed throughout this novel, the spicy scenes???? abundant!)
May 20, 2024
5-
LOVED IT!
This is a beautiful story that starts with the instant connection between two young girls (eleven yrs old) that meet in school and build a lifelong relationship. There is a very slow and thorough character creation of each of the main characters; Natalia and Bridget. Bridget accepts her feelings for Natalia right away but Natalia struggles with her feelings for Bridget and cannot accept it at first. Natalia's struggles are due in part to the bigoted and overbearing personality of her mother.
I have read some reviewer comments that say there are too many sex scenes. I disagree completely. The sex scenes, when they happen, are necessary to the story development and are tastefully written.
The only negative I can come up with are the abundant typos on almost every page. The book also needs a good editor to trim out some of the repeated thoughts and scenes.
Overall, I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone that enjoys a good lesbian love story.
LOVED IT!This is a beautiful story that starts with the instant connection between two young girls (eleven yrs old) that meet in school and build a lifelong relationship. There is a very slow and thorough character creation of each of the main characters; Natalia and Bridget. Bridget accepts her feelings for Natalia right away but Natalia struggles with her feelings for Bridget and cannot accept it at first. Natalia's struggles are due in part to the bigoted and overbearing personality of her mother.
I have read some reviewer comments that say there are too many sex scenes. I disagree completely. The sex scenes, when they happen, are necessary to the story development and are tastefully written.
The only negative I can come up with are the abundant typos on almost every page. The book also needs a good editor to trim out some of the repeated thoughts and scenes.
Overall, I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone that enjoys a good lesbian love story.
June 18, 2022
Really long read but one which is very much fascinating as we read the lives of 2 individuals, Natalia and Bridget, spanning almost 2 decades, as they first become friends back in elementary school and then lovers. It was a beautiful journey with bumpy rides, as they both try to figure out their feelings for each other and deal with family members accepting them. It was heartwarming as it was heart-wrenching and I for one enjoy the ride.
4+ ⭐️
4+ ⭐️
August 16, 2017
Brilliant! When I first started reading this book it took a little getting used to the switch in the way it is written; are we reading from Natalia's perspective or is this a narration? But then you see it's from Natalia's perspective and I love this girl. We're with her through her struggles, her heartbreak, her self acceptance, even her learning about who she is and I'm not just talking her sexuality I'm talking the way she realises how when something hurts her she snaps and then pretends nothings happened.
I got sucked into these characters' life and I couldn't stop thinking about them. It didn't feel like a story with a plot, beginning, middle and end, it felt like I was reading about this girls life and everything she was going through.
I got a little annoyed at the timeline. We seem to travel way into the future which annoyed me. I think if the story was set years earlier it would have been better.
This book really stirred my emotions and I really want to read it again even though it is over 800 pages long. I'm a little nervous about starting the sequel as I'm not sure it can top this one.
I think these characters will stay with me for a while. I love a book I can't get out of my head.
I got sucked into these characters' life and I couldn't stop thinking about them. It didn't feel like a story with a plot, beginning, middle and end, it felt like I was reading about this girls life and everything she was going through.
I got a little annoyed at the timeline. We seem to travel way into the future which annoyed me. I think if the story was set years earlier it would have been better.
This book really stirred my emotions and I really want to read it again even though it is over 800 pages long. I'm a little nervous about starting the sequel as I'm not sure it can top this one.
I think these characters will stay with me for a while. I love a book I can't get out of my head.
July 26, 2017
Wonderful journey through the years of Natalie and Bridget's love story!
November 13, 2023
5.0 ⭐🤍 (Mirrors - Justin Timberlake.)
I don't even know how to start THIS review. While I was reading I was thinking, "Oh, I'm going to say this. Oh, I'm going to talk about this specific scene." But rn I feel like all my words are gone and all left to me are feelings.
I felt so many things while reading this book, and I could spend hours here talking about it but I don't think words are enough to explain this book and my experience reading it. I cried a lot. I don't cry easily while reading books, but this one was so different. I laughed, I felt happiness and I felt their pain like my own.
This book became so important to me while I was reading it, they became my family and I feel like I've spent years with them when it was actually some days. I don't think another book could ever do this to me, like I was a part of it. I feel like they're part of me now and I couldn't let them go even if I wanted to.
I don't even know how to start THIS review. While I was reading I was thinking, "Oh, I'm going to say this. Oh, I'm going to talk about this specific scene." But rn I feel like all my words are gone and all left to me are feelings.
I felt so many things while reading this book, and I could spend hours here talking about it but I don't think words are enough to explain this book and my experience reading it. I cried a lot. I don't cry easily while reading books, but this one was so different. I laughed, I felt happiness and I felt their pain like my own.
This book became so important to me while I was reading it, they became my family and I feel like I've spent years with them when it was actually some days. I don't think another book could ever do this to me, like I was a part of it. I feel like they're part of me now and I couldn't let them go even if I wanted to.
February 17, 2019
I absolutely loved this book and it surprised me how much I enjoyed it. It was long but I never felt like any part of the book was unnecessary. Absolute fav
January 30, 2023
Mason has written one of the best books I've read in quite a while. I can't believe it's taken me so long to read this since I've had it sitting on my shelf to be read for years. It's a beautiful story about best friends and high school sweethearts, Bridget and Natalia. The best thing about this is that it doesn't end at the Happily Ever After. We get a chance to see the AFTER regarding Bridget and Natalie's life as a couple and I loved every moment they experienced... even the painful ones. I loved this book and I can't wait to read the next one in the Take The Long Way series.
January 29, 2015
It's more 3.5 than 4.
The first half of the story was amazing and it had lots of things I look for in a romance novel: lots of angst, lots of things happening that keep the reader interested, a lot of smut followed by finally a lot of fluff! Real flawed characters that struggle with accepting who they are and who they love. I liked Natalia and Bridget, how they were around each other and what they were TO each other, and their unbreakable feelings for one another. Until their time at university and when they moved in together afterwards, I was hooked. It was heartbreaking to witness how they struggled to keep a healthy relationship when they'd been so happily in love until that point.
The second part of the book, however, was very very long and way too "happy".
Once the girls got back together after Bridget's depression, there was very little angst that kept me want to keep reading. I found some chapters uninteresting and unnecessary. I found the part when they are trying to make a baby, albeit somewhat angsty, incredibly boring and repetitive.
Basically, I think this book depicts a love/life story in a really realistic way. Too realistic. It follows the life of two women in love, from teens to adults. Unfortunately, moments in life can be extremely long and unexciting... and Lily Mason made us go through these moments as well.
It was a fanfiction before and it shows. Because fanfiction is an amateur work, the writer doesn't have to follow any particular structure and just usually goes with the flow. As a result, fanfictions can end up being unnecessarily long with dull chapters. I believe Taking the Long Way wasn't edited much on its way from being a fanfic to being a published novel.
In any case, it's still a very well-written story with a sweet romance that's better than most in this genre.
The first half of the story was amazing and it had lots of things I look for in a romance novel: lots of angst, lots of things happening that keep the reader interested, a lot of smut followed by finally a lot of fluff! Real flawed characters that struggle with accepting who they are and who they love. I liked Natalia and Bridget, how they were around each other and what they were TO each other, and their unbreakable feelings for one another. Until their time at university and when they moved in together afterwards, I was hooked. It was heartbreaking to witness how they struggled to keep a healthy relationship when they'd been so happily in love until that point.
The second part of the book, however, was very very long and way too "happy".
Once the girls got back together after Bridget's depression, there was very little angst that kept me want to keep reading. I found some chapters uninteresting and unnecessary. I found the part when they are trying to make a baby, albeit somewhat angsty, incredibly boring and repetitive.
Basically, I think this book depicts a love/life story in a really realistic way. Too realistic. It follows the life of two women in love, from teens to adults. Unfortunately, moments in life can be extremely long and unexciting... and Lily Mason made us go through these moments as well.
It was a fanfiction before and it shows. Because fanfiction is an amateur work, the writer doesn't have to follow any particular structure and just usually goes with the flow. As a result, fanfictions can end up being unnecessarily long with dull chapters. I believe Taking the Long Way wasn't edited much on its way from being a fanfic to being a published novel.
In any case, it's still a very well-written story with a sweet romance that's better than most in this genre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 17, 2018
I couldnt finish this book. I abandoned it after being more than 600 pages in, so it's fair to say I gave it a more than decent shot. Also, I never abandon books. I think this was only the second time in the last few years I've had to give up on one. It took me weeks to get halfway just because it was so.... blah. Thats the only word I can use to describe the love story, the plot, the characters, literally all of it. merp.
June 1, 2018
Excellent!
I loved Taking the Long Way. Bridget and Natalie are great characters. I enjoyed all the current social issues that are touched on. I loved that the book is long.
I loved Taking the Long Way. Bridget and Natalie are great characters. I enjoyed all the current social issues that are touched on. I loved that the book is long.
July 31, 2022
Written in 2011, published in 2012, characters life story extends to March 2022 and I having just finished reading this in 2022, it feels as if I have just read a biography of a couple I have come to know.
I think I should have paced myself a bit to read this book...I certainly will be doing that when I reread in the future. It deserves digestion because the story touches on a lot.
A wonderful love story... wonderful.
I think I should have paced myself a bit to read this book...I certainly will be doing that when I reread in the future. It deserves digestion because the story touches on a lot.
A wonderful love story... wonderful.
February 6, 2014
While I really did like this book it was way, way, way too long. I did not need chapters after chapters of the same thing repeated... a good editor would have made the book tighter with less repetition and more interesting overall. Very hot however lol
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March 27, 2013Long but definitely worth it. Beautifully written it almost feels like a movie. Watching Natalia and Brij grow really touched my heart.
May 8, 2024
I see people disliking this book for its length. But while I can't say this was a good book – or that it's well written or realistic, or that I liked the main character, or that any other character is truly complex (or even present, for most of the friends, sadly) – I will say that I appreciated what it attempted to do with its length. I appreciated that it's not the usual unrealistc and frankly hackneyed structure of lesfics. And I will credit the author for achieving a minimum of organic character growth for the most part, which can't be said for many romance books.
July 20, 2013
A beautiful 18 year journey of Natalia and Bridget that was almost 3 books in length. The book was a complete journey from the day they met to the day of their child's birth. I laughed and cried and shared the joy of their journey together unlike any book I have ever read before. I could feel their love throughout the pages even when they fought and had troubles in life. I love the fact the author had sex scenes throughout the books b/c it enhanced their relationship and helped the reader connect with their love on another level. It is a love of epic proportions that one dreams will happen to them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 27, 2014
I have never written a review before but i had to write one for this. Even though their lives start at school, Lily has gradually made the characters Natalia and Bridget grow and mature in their own ways. N-taaal-ya is a great character and it gave me immense pleasure to read about her and the way her's and Brij's lives progress. Inspite of the book being 675 pages looooong, it was worth it. I simply COULD NOT put the book down. I would recommend this one definitely!!
December 12, 2012
maybe i am such a sucker for a good romance. this made me believe that anything is possible, that happy endings are not that farfetched and not only for a certain set of archetypal characters.
May 30, 2013
I couldn't finish it. I would've given it 1 star except that I really liked the book until they graduated high school. After that it was long and boring and I was begging for it to end.
July 18, 2014
Loved the story (Brittana-inspired). I felt that story could use a little trimming as there were parts that could've the book can do without. 4.5 :D
January 6, 2014
one of the best love stories I've ever read :)
March 19, 2014
The book is pretty good, there were parts where it moved me to tears. It would have been better if it was a little shorter. Having said that, I will be reading the sequel, Me and You and Daisies.
August 27, 2015
It goes on and on and on and on forever... The protagonists take turns going through crises and I wasn't sure how many times I was supposed to repeatedly sympathise with them, so I stopped reading.
August 30, 2017
Very strong four stars.
A long story of a girl becoming woman. The way there was long and I could actually "see" the characters development with the help of author's remainders. I think if this was a book about a hetero sexual couple it wouldn't be anything special, but it was not. That's why it is a little special because there aren't many good writers of this "new generation genre" so that's also why i think the author deserves raising and recognition for her writing. It was a nice book, but the luck really was on the character's sides.
I didn't wholly understand the Bridget's interlude, maybe it wasn't for understanding but a refreshment. Even if only for one chapter.
A long story of a girl becoming woman. The way there was long and I could actually "see" the characters development with the help of author's remainders. I think if this was a book about a hetero sexual couple it wouldn't be anything special, but it was not. That's why it is a little special because there aren't many good writers of this "new generation genre" so that's also why i think the author deserves raising and recognition for her writing. It was a nice book, but the luck really was on the character's sides.
I didn't wholly understand the Bridget's interlude, maybe it wasn't for understanding but a refreshment. Even if only for one chapter.
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