Published 24 May 2011
Summary - Abby accepted that she can’t measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess a long time ago, and knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible.
Until the accident.
Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby’s life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it's nothing compared to living without her.
She's got a plan to bring Tess back though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli, but then Abby learns something about Tess, something that was always there, but that she’d never seen.
Abby is about to find out that truth isn't always what you think it is, and that life holds more than she ever thought it could..
I have a lot of love for Elizabeth Scott. A LOT. And damn did I want to shout my love for this new book of hers from the rooftop of a extraordinarily high building. Except, I didn't love it. In fact, I kind of feel like i did after watching Dear John......a little lost and disappointed, but impressed with the hotness of the guy. But a hot guy a good story does not make (I know, I know this saddens me too, but we have to move past it).
So our main gal Abby is dead set on waking up her older sister Tess from her coma. Tess has this rockin bod and is supermodel gorgeous and Abby may as well be the crust in her sisters eyes, because she has serious self image and perception issues. All Abby wants to do is sit in the hospital because her sister is going to wake up, of course she's going to wave up, I mean the sun shines out of her amazing sculptured perfect arse. All she wants to talk about is how amazing her sister is and how inconsequential she herself is. (snore). And this is where I got stuck in a big ol rut. Abby whined SO much about how crap of a person she was that I started to hate her a little, because she was like a broken record and damn when your record is broke you go out and BUY A NEW RECORD.
Enter Eli. The random insanely criminally hot guy that randomly shows up at the perfect moment. OF course this hot guy is the answer to Abby's problems! If she can just get him to talk to Tess, she'll wake up because he's beautiful and they will fall in love and have the worlds most amazingly beautiful children in the history of the universe. (seriously, whaaaaa?). And again, I questionned the path the story was taking. Yeah Tess is awesome blah blah blah, but really? a stranger is going to wake up a girl from a coma when her best friends and family have failed to do so? This is not logical and is simply a bit stupid. I can really appreciate how difficult it must be for Abby to be in this situation and how her desperate need for her sister back would lead her to drastic measures, but that's just plain dumb. Then some secrets get uncovered and drama and more whining ensues.
That's not to say there wasn't good parts on the book. I particularly liked all the references to how bodacious Eli was, because this girl likes her swoon. And he's described as having this lovely caramel colour skin which makes me want to say YUMMMMM. And Clemente. You'll know what I mean when you read it. AH I LOVE HIM. So, yeah, I didn't love this one, but I still appreciated Scott's trademark writing style. This one just was't for me, but that doesn't mean it's not for you! So read it and let me know what you think.
For those of you who are Elizabeth Scott virgins, check out Stealing Heaven and Bloom, both of which I super enjoyed!
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