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Where the Stars Still Shine
by Trish Doller
3.5 stars
I loved the concept of this novel. It was interesting to see how everything was turned upside down for someone; to go from one extreme to the next one.
Callie was a very mature character. She was smart, although she was never educated. She was kind-hearted and she had a lot to deal with.
Her mother was a character I loathed from the beginning. How can anyone be so selfish?! Especially when your own little kid is involved?? I did understand why Veronica acted the way she did. But she shouldn't have pulled Callie into it.
Greg was a big contrast to Veronica; he seemed to have done it all right, he has his life under control and he wants to build a relationship with Callie after being withheld from him for so long. Their relationship grows as they have thawed to each other, although neither one really knows how to behave in front of the other one.
The relationship between Callie and Alex was too sweet, too hot for me. It seemed to me like instalove and I'm not a fan of that; but as soon as they got closer to each other I enjoyed reading about their relationship.
I also liked how they weren't all clingy and lovey-dovey; but handled themselves without needing the other one like air for breathing.
The writing was great and I have to admit that I bawled my eyes out during the last thirty or forty pages.
But that was not my kind of ending..
I don't mind open endings when they are appropriate, but this seemed just forced and I didn't really like it.
Sadly this ruined somehow the book a bit for me.
I loved the concept of this novel. It was interesting to see how everything was turned upside down for someone; to go from one extreme to the next one.
Callie was a very mature character. She was smart, although she was never educated. She was kind-hearted and she had a lot to deal with.
Her mother was a character I loathed from the beginning. How can anyone be so selfish?! Especially when your own little kid is involved?? I did understand why Veronica acted the way she did. But she shouldn't have pulled Callie into it.
Greg was a big contrast to Veronica; he seemed to have done it all right, he has his life under control and he wants to build a relationship with Callie after being withheld from him for so long. Their relationship grows as they have thawed to each other, although neither one really knows how to behave in front of the other one.
The relationship between Callie and Alex was too sweet, too hot for me. It seemed to me like instalove and I'm not a fan of that; but as soon as they got closer to each other I enjoyed reading about their relationship.
I also liked how they weren't all clingy and lovey-dovey; but handled themselves without needing the other one like air for breathing.
The writing was great and I have to admit that I bawled my eyes out during the last thirty or forty pages.
But that was not my kind of ending..
I don't mind open endings when they are appropriate, but this seemed just forced and I didn't really like it.
Sadly this ruined somehow the book a bit for me.