Rounding up to 4 because of the overall plot was a realistic difficult journey and I was torn up about it, thrilled to see it in print and it made me read non-stop without putting the book down.

Having said that, I wanted to give it 5 stars for how it started between these 2. Garsh...woah. I love how the fun loving Ellery cracks the hardass facade of Connor slowly one junkfood experience at a time. However, the detours and high drama of Ellery running and smashing cell phones grew very old very quick. I tried to remember everything she had been through and still had to go through and wanted to empathize with her, but throwing her sex o a stick millionaire away every 15 minutes was hard for me to comprehend. I liked Connor's early progression, but then even that jumped the shark. The fact that once they had swapped bodily fluids they were professing love and went from 0 to cheeseball in 6.5 humps just had me rolling my eyes.

Then again, the depth of their love, the way they dealt with life's unfortunate events and the fact that Connor who one week was all Mr. Bang Bang No Sleepover one day and was a romantic mess the next was just enough to make me love this book, but I just couldn't get past the pacing and the way some of the insignificant details caused other parts of the story to feel rushed.

I wanted it to be a 5 star, and clearly it is for most because it has high ratings. Give it a chance, you will not find a book quite like it.