That is the situation in which Abbey finds herself.
Grieving the death of her best friend, Kristen, Abbey struggles to go on with life as normal. Some part of her still believes that Kristen is still out there, that she has just gone missing and will show up eventually. But she is beginning to lose hope. Little things here and there cheer her up for a little bit, but then she falls right back into her depression when she remembers the memories her and Kristen made together.
Then the romantic heart-throb enters, Caspian. He is everything a girl can imagine, and Abbey is in a state of constant blush whenever she is in his presence. He makes her forget about all of her sadness, no matter what it is.
The book itself reads easily so far. However, it is not flawless. Typically, I shy away from stories like this for two primary reasons:
1 - The main "hottie" guy character always seems to fit into the same archtype: Mysterious, dark and brooding, and all in all, absolutely blank. I'm aware that this what some girls turn to these books for, since real guys are jerks, but alas, the stereotype is quickly becoming overused. Darn you, Edward.
2 - The author tends to pad out the page count with page upon page of unnecessary detail. Don't get me wrong, detail is amazing. Detail is what brings the readers in. But when you pile on EVERY fine detail, the reader will get bogged down on the intensity of what is being given to them. In my experience, I've always lived by one rule: Give the reader just enough to lay the bones of the scene, and the reader's imagination will do the rest. Give too much detail, and the reader won't want to read all of it, and might find themselves skipping paragraphs. Just take one look at a Charles Dickens novel, and you'll get my point.
Despite these setbacks, I will continue to read this book, and see if it will get any better. Right now, I'm rating it as a 6.5/10, for the two reasons I stated above. We'll see if that changes anytime soon. I'll keep you posted.
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