The story wasn’t anything like I expected and the writing style didn’t really pull me in. I couldn’t connect with the characters either. Thanks to netgalley and publisher for providing me with the arc.

An interesting book! I greatly enjoyed this one from beginning to end. Full review coming soon on my blog.

This book was way too cheesy to get through. It wasn't badly written, but I couldn't connect to any characters, and the plot was full of too many tropes - I felt like I already knew what was going to happen, and I didn't feel like finishing. Maybe if you're into this sort of thing, you'll like it. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't for me.

I'm usually not a huge fan of light and fluffy contemporaries, but I really enjoyed this one.

Actual rating: 2.5 stars
This story follows 16 year old Lexie Stein, who has spent most of her life fabricating lies about her life to hide what has really happened. Then comes along Dalton Reyes who she last saw in a puddle of his own blood. He is the only person who knows what her life is/was actually like.

That's about all I can give without getting into spoilers. I almost put this book down a few times because of the insane amount of teenage lust/instalove. But decided to keep going. Underlying all the "omghessoooooohot" "omghesmiledatme" "omgomgomg", the story of Dalton Reyes was good. It was interesting and I was invested, not in the characters, but rather the past of the character (Dalton). I wanted to know what happened to him leading up to him meeting back up with Lexie five years later. However with that being said, I don't feel like it was the most original plot. Sub in a different problem and you'd have the same result. It was predictable. Overall, I was just really disappointed that there wasn't more substance to this story because it could have been great. I spent a majority of my time reading rolling my eyes. :/

Second chance romance that will tug at the reader's heartstrings. Readers will fall in love with the characters and the well written story. Definitely recommend!