All of Me

I am slowly but surely trying to make my way through the hundreds of free books I have collected over the last two years and this novella sounded cute. It wasn't. <br /><br />All of Me is trite and predictable. Every single line feels regurgitated from some other, better book. <br /><br />I hated Jeff. All of the towns people (with the exception of Ivey's boss and best friend) were bonkers. <br /><br />I gave it a second star because the editing was great and the writing was-technically-sound.

Great fast paced romance, narrated by Maxine Mitchell.

<strong>If the only thing you're looking for in a book is no sex scenes, this might be the book for you.</strong><br /><br />If quality and good characters matter then you should keep shopping.<br /><br />I've read about half this book waiting for the main character to grow a spine but it hasn't happened yet so I don't believe it will. <br /><br />The plot for this story sounded interesting but the storyline just doesn't follow through. There has been no character development. Ivey was a door mat when I started reading and half way through the book she still is. <br /><br />The story is extremely slow and therefore boring. I feel like this is something that could have been written for a high school comp class.

So I'm listening to this story on Audible and I have to say......I'm done! <br />After listening to a chapter and having to replay it because I just couldn't pay attention to it. I did this to several chapters unfortunately. I got to chapter 9, and now I'm done. <br />It just didn't get/keep my attention ?. It's a story of a girl and a guy that just can't get over their breakup years ago. He said he needed space and she found out she was pregnant. <br />Now years later they run into each other and the attraction is still there.<br />That was basically the 9 chapters so far.<br />It moved way too slowwwww for me!

<strong>2.5 Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Stars </strong><br /><br />All of Me is the first standalone in the Starlight Hill series by Heatherly Bell. <br /><br />This is an adorable read. That's it. Small town romance, wrapped in a myriad of misunderstandings, with a healthy gloss of teenage angst thrown in for simple good measure. <br /><br />I think the part I'm most disappointed about is how lassiez-faire the author was in detailing the miscarriage. Perhaps this is naivete or ignorance to a mother's feelings in this matter, having lost a child. However, I feel, as a reader simply judging a work of literature, that to not offer up a significant consideration to such a vital component in the main couplings initial split is a disservice to the characters themselves. It allowed the conclusion of this love story to feel so utterly tossed together and glossed over. <br /><br />Which leaves me with this: It's a cute story, that had so much more potential.

I wanted to take both Ivey and Jeff, hug them tight, and promise that nothing would ever hurt them again. I realize how terribly unrealistic that promise is, but it’s still what I was feeling for most of this book. Normally, a secret baby is a theme that’s difficult for me to believe in. Yet this story gave me the right elements for me to be swept in their drama and to believe. I loved the crazy, quirky townsfolk and now I want to dive into the rest of the series.

This was a pretty good second chance romance. These two drove me batty though with all the secrets they were keeping. They were young so I get it but I just wanted them to just TALK to each other.<br /><br />I also liked the hospital drama with the doctors vs midwives, it added and interesting layer to the story.<br /><br />And the pink and blue ribbons? I think I saw that on the Gilmore Girls too. LOL, it was pretty funny.

3,5 stars

Predictable, quick, light-hearted read- the perfect weekend kickoff

I listened to this book on Audible with my earplugs in and I found my son sitting across the room staring at me like I was crazy or something. When I asked him What. He said you just started laughing and I was wondering if you were okay.<br /><br />Ivy and Jeff used to date but he wanted a break because he was studying to become a Doctor.<br /><br />Now Ivy is back in town to stay. She's looking for a job and need's Jeff's help. I really enjoyed this story.