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Above-average: 3-1/2 stars. My issues with this book are mostly quibbles (e.g. the author used the phrase "self-deprecating" too much), but I like Georgia Beers' voice, and care with her characters' emotions. I'll start with the bad and end with the good. There was some inconsistency, or lost opportunity, or perhaps it was just some odd choices on the author's part, on which scenes are presented to the reader, and which are referred to after the fact. For instance, there's an initial scene where Courtney and Rachel ride to Happy Acres together on an early date (surely I'm not giving a plot point away there) in which they apparently make one another laugh several times. This is something you'd even think would be a key scene, particularly since Courtney makes it such a point later to enjoy Rachel's *smile* and vow to make it appear more often. Most of the characterization supports the fact that making Rachel relax and smile is a significant accomplishment early on, which makes the "easy" laughter in the car all the more surprising and confusing as it was glossed over.
Above-average: 3-1/2 stars. My issues with this book are mostly quibbles (e.g. the author used the phrase "self-deprecating" too much), but I like Georgia Beers' voice, and care with her characters' emotions. I'll start with the bad and end with the good. There was some inconsistency, or lost opportunity, or perhaps it was just some odd choices on the author's part, on which scenes are presented to the reader, and which are referred to after the fact. For instance, there's an initial scene where Courtney and Rachel ride to Happy Acres together on an early date (surely I'm not giving a plot point away there) in which they apparently make one another laugh several times. This is something you'd even think would be a key scene, particularly since Courtney makes it such a point later to enjoy Rachel's *smile* and vow to make it appear more often. Most of the characterization supports the fact that making Rachel relax and smile is a significant accomplishment early on, which makes the "easy" laughter in the car all the more surprising and confusing as it was glossed over.
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