Published August 26, 2014
About the Book:
The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture references, order the same Chinese food, and hang out in the same places. Unfortunately, Lea is reserved, Gabe has issues, and despite their initial mutual crush, it looks like they are never going to work things out. But somehow even when nothing is going on, something is happening between them, and everyone can see it. Their creative writing teacher pushes them together. The baristas at Starbucks watch their relationship like a TV show. Their bus driver tells his wife about them. The waitress at the diner automatically seats them together. Even the squirrel who lives on the college green believes in their relationship.
Surely Gabe and Lea will figure out that they are meant to be together....
My Thoughts:
This was such a cute book! It's a love story, but it's told in a unique way. It's the story of the couple told from fourteen different viewpoints, my favorite being the adorable little squirrel. I really loved reading the story of Gabe and Lea told by everyone around them. Even though they are not part of the fourteen viewpoints, there is a lot of dialogue between them and those people, so you still get a great feel for them as characters and for what they are thinking and feeling. The book is super lighthearted and a quick, easy read. You will adore Lea and Gabe and be rooting for them. You will laugh at the squirrel and the bench. Yes, one of the viewpoints is that of a bench! Crazy as it sounds, it works really well with the story.
Oh, and check out that super adorable cover art! Love it!
Also, read up on the publisher Swoon Reads. This is their first book.
http://www.swoonreads.com/about
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/14/277021693/swoon-reads-the-next-romance-bestseller-selected-by-you
(Note: I am tagging this as YA and New Adult because it could go either way. It's not steamy like most New Adult tends to be, but the book is about college students. The characters are more like YA characters in their amount of life experience and in how their relationship progresses.)
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