**spoiler alert** As a whole, I was madly in love with this book. Only a few things kept me from falling head-over-heels in love with it. But, let us **spoiler alert** As a whole, I was madly in love with this book. Only a few things kept me from falling head-over-heels in love with it. But, let us begin with the good. Lennon is completely wonderful and relatable. She's lost her sister, her role model, her racehorse. Her deep, "selfish" grief is understandable and I felt like I would react the same way to a lot of things. I would put myself in front of others, I wouldn't want to talk, and I probably would not understand a lot of what I was doing. The grieving process that she went through felt normal and I latched on to her emotions for the entire thing. Her whole family and friends were also quirky and wonderful, from Gram to Big to Sarah and everyone in between. They were funky and different and I wanted to live in that little house with the giant garden and drink tea with Gram. It seemed like the perfect little life (minus the death.) And then Joe (insert primal boy-loving noises here.) He was dreamy. I don't know, that artsy, deep, passionate, out of it guy is my type. The whole story I wanted to scream "Lennie, you fool! The cute boy from Paris! Go! Now!" However, Toby ruined this for me. I guess he just wasn't my type and that was one of the down sides. A boy that looks like a lion and rides a skateboard is not for me. It's really just my personal preference, but I would not have gone for that at all. Also, the fact that Lennon was unable to control herself around him made me a bit angry. She was supposed to be all feminist with Sarah, why couldn't she control her 17-year old hormones? She suddenly lost her entire brain every time he was around. I'll admit, I've gone dopey around boys but COME ON! I can control myself. That brings up the furniture kissing. What was the big deal with that? For a few chapters, it was talked about ALL OVER THE PLACE. Calm down and control your lips, please. Finally, I didn't really feel for the wedding at the end. I understood that it was supposed to be a feel-good ending kind of thing but the woman was mentioned once in the book otherwise. I think it should have been brought up a few more times, at least. But. I did love this book. It nearly made me cry and that's worthwhile for me....more
Wow. I've had this book on my night stand for about a month now, waiting to be read. I wanted to read it SO BADLY but it was one of those things that Wow. I've had this book on my night stand for about a month now, waiting to be read. I wanted to read it SO BADLY but it was one of those things that since I've wanted to read it for a while, I was sort of scared to. But finally, I did. And it absolutely lived up to my expectations. I felt so bad for Andi that I cried at one point. It's a book that pulls you in and doesn't let go until you finish. You feel for Andi and Alex and even though at the beginning you want the heart to be Louis-Charles's, by the time we find out it is, you almost wish it wasn't because of what it did to Andi and that it means about Alex's mission. One thing I was waiting for through the whole book was the sort of time travel/dream part. From the way it was described in the summary, I thought it would play a bigger part in the book. I was wrong, but I was not disappointed. ...more
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