I went into this book with high hopes as so many people raved about it. Sadly, I didn’t have the same response. I think the one thing that bothered me about this book was the the lack of depth with the characters. I get that it mirrored the story. They were very surface level because they wanted to keep their relationship very surface and superficial. Unfortunately, with that lack of depth, I could take or leave the story. There wasn’t an attachment to them or a conviction to see the outcome. Yes, I knew how Violet felt about Eli on a personal, psychical, and intimate level but I felt like I knew very little about her. Same with Eli. The point of a dual point of view is that you are privy to thoughts, insights, and ideas that are not revealed to other characters. In this case, most insight provided was through moments shared and again, the fear of being deep kept those looks behind the curtain brief.

By the time the author shared any type of sustenance, it was too late. This was one of  Roxie’s earlier books so I intend to read the second to see if the character development has a better foundation. That was the only thing that kept me from loving this book. The story was funny, sweet, and you couldn’t help but adore Eli and his brothers but I wanted more to make these characters well rounded for me and it wasn’t there. I found myself asking more questions about who Eli and Violet were through most of the story and again when I finally got a few answers, it was too late into it to truly impact it.