nicolecraswell's review
5.0
Abagail Barnette can do no wrong. I am just as in love with Ian and Penny and I was with Sophie and Neil. So cute.
rhodered's review
3.0
I enjoyed it as a light read, although it was about a 22 year old virgin dating a 53 year old man. They are both sweet, intelligent people. And I loved his bickering closeness with his sister in Brooklyn, although it does seem odd he would confess to his nephew the priest - that's just too much and there are many other priests in NYC to confess to after all.
The age difference did seem extreme to me though, and I'm shamefully aware of how wildly inappropriate I would think it was if their sexes were switched.
I do feel like he was far, far more aware of the age difference than she was. She never really seems to understand what this means if they stay together. She sees him now, not what he'll be like in a decade or two. She's on the edge of adulthood, he's on the edge of old age.
He also gives conflicting messages about work/life balance. On one hand, he says he's holding back to just 60hoirs per week work because his partner had a heart attack and he himself wants to watch out. And he's yearning to have several children in the next few years.... On the other hand he's considering taking a billion dollar project that could propell his firm from mid-rank to top-rank. He doesn't seem remotely aware that these goals don't mesh.
Unlike many of This author's books, the sex (which is very vanilla) is kept to a minimum, and far more related to moving the story forward than to being the point of the story. I prefer this, although I would be happy to never have to ever read another deflowering as long as I shall live.
The age difference did seem extreme to me though, and I'm shamefully aware of how wildly inappropriate I would think it was if their sexes were switched.
I do feel like he was far, far more aware of the age difference than she was. She never really seems to understand what this means if they stay together. She sees him now, not what he'll be like in a decade or two. She's on the edge of adulthood, he's on the edge of old age.
He also gives conflicting messages about work/life balance. On one hand, he says he's holding back to just 60hoirs per week work because his partner had a heart attack and he himself wants to watch out. And he's yearning to have several children in the next few years.... On the other hand he's considering taking a billion dollar project that could propell his firm from mid-rank to top-rank. He doesn't seem remotely aware that these goals don't mesh.
Unlike many of This author's books, the sex (which is very vanilla) is kept to a minimum, and far more related to moving the story forward than to being the point of the story. I prefer this, although I would be happy to never have to ever read another deflowering as long as I shall live.
staceyfe907's review
3.0
A carbon copy of Ian's story from Penny's POV, which unfortunately didn't add anything to the story.
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