I hate, I mean absolutely hate to give this two stars. But I just can't give it more stars because I would want the same warning before I buy an awful book. I can't remember how much I paid for this, but even 99 cents is too much. Honestly I want to give it one star, but I'm trying to find the good in it.Before I list pros and cons, I must mention that this is a Christian book. But other than a few prayers and mentioning once that they were in church, it's not drenched in it. There's no preaching, and in fact I wouldn't think a non-Christian would have a problem with this book (other than the negatives I list below...) But on that same note- if you're looking for something kinda conservative or like Jenny B Jones (whom I would highly recommend) - this is not really it. It's kind of watered down Christianity. And I'm not saying that's bad- that may make you want to buy this book more. :)The positives: There's a good story in here. Many girls have done what the lead character, Kate, does.... gives her heart to a boy who doesn't return the same feelings. And there's another love story that ends in a guy that's just "Not that into her." So many readers should be able to relate to one of her stories.There are even a couple funny lines in there where i laughed out a little bit.Kate had some witty lines and has a pretty strong character to her.And, aside from what I will write as my 1st point in the negatives list, the story does get better. The 2nd half almost (but not quite) redeems the first part.The negatives: I truly hate to say this but that may be one of the worst written books I've ever read. Oh how badly I wanted to stop reading after chapter 1.It would have stuff like: " 'I'm so mad' said Kate angrily." Every single time someone spoke it had a "Said so and so" after it. There's an art to writing and that ain't it. ;-)I'm wondering if this is the author's first book. And I'm guessing it didn't have an editor.***************BIG FAT SPOILER*************I did not like that ending!!! Are you kidding me? We get to know two other guys that she falls in love with but not the guy she actually marries???????????? They say like 7 sentences to each other and then get married?????? I hate that the author left this stuff out. This is what we want to read. We want to see the dialog between them so we can see they belong together. There wasn't enough there for me to feel as though Kate had feelings for him, or knew anything about him other than his one tragic loss.It was the most important relationship in the entire book, summed up in about 6 pages, and left me disappointed and wanted more . Not more of their lives to follow, but more of the meat of their relationship to help me realize they were good together. I just didn't get it.What a shame.
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