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Still Thinking Of You
Review from
www.RomanceJunkies.com
4/5 Blue Ribbons
Tash has always known she’ll find ‘the
one’, completely believing in happily-ever-after. Rich has always been
doubtful he’ll fall in love, thinking he just isn’t wired for that kind of
two-way intimacy. When the two meet, it’s love at first sight. Their
relationship has everything - hot sex, long talks, shared interests, and
dreams for the future. While Rich openly wonders how they can keep their
relationship this good, Tash feels that with complete honesty and respect
they can’t go wrong. Two months after they first met, the confirmed bachelor
and the free spirit become engaged.
When Rich introduces his best friends to Tash, it’s definitely not love at
first sight. The group has been close friends since university, enjoying
privileged backgrounds and going on to respectable, lucrative careers. The
thirty-something’s lifestyles reflect their wealth, social status and
achievements. Tash – younger, prettier, middle-class, and more interested in
pop-culture than foreign films – doesn’t fit in. Still, Tash feels the need
to try to connect with the people who are such a part of Rich’s life. As a
result, the happy couple’s plan for a private wedding on the slopes of an
exclusive French ski resort becomes a week-long getaway for the entire
group.
No one is ever entirely what they seem, and as the week progresses, the
friends discover that they don’t know each other as well as they thought.
Secrets are forced out into the open, and Rich fears that an undisclosed
past affair has become a secret with the power to destroy a relationship
built on honesty.
This novel is a wonderful look at a longtime group of friends’
relationships, both romantic and platonic. The author does a good job
showing the differences between people’s public personas and true selves, as
there is a notable difference between the character's actions and their
private thoughts. I enjoyed seeing how the addition of a new face and
perspective was the catalyst to change this group of friends’ habit of
hiding their wants from each other in order to present a facade of what is
expected. Introspective, witty and sensuous, this well-written novel will
keep you engrossed to the end.
By Romance Junkies Reviewer: Leigh
Published by Simon &
Schuster
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