This book was on my bookshelf waiting to be read for ages – I wish I had picked it up sooner, because it was much better than I had expected.

The story focuses on Lena, a girl from Alabama but now living in Chicago. She hasn’t been back to Alabama for 10 years, but two reasons force her to return. One is her boyfriend Burr, who says that if she doesn’t introduce him to her family (who she also has as little contact with as possible), they have no future. The other reason is a secret from her past, which is revealed throughout the story.

I found this book hard to put down, and definitely recommend it!

I liked it alot. It was a quick read. The main charachter is a little annoying though.

I wouldn’t exactly call this book great literature (a lot of the dialogue, in particular, felt a little forced to me), but it’s perfect aeroplane reading. And given that that’s where I read most of it, I’m pretty much enamoured with it.

I bought the book in Darvill’s bookstore in Eastsound on Orcas Island on the strength of a strong BookSense review and the fact that I’m reading almost excusively work from female authors at the moment. I’m not sure that it lives up the all the hype, but there’s not a whole lot wrong with it, either.