I liked this book better because it took place over like a year not a day. I LOVE both characters pov and also the aspects of traveling. I really loved the pace and plot of this novel and the characters were adorable and i like that they got to grow in to their romance as well. ( )

I liked this book better because it took place over like a year not a day. I LOVE both characters pov and also the aspects of traveling. I really loved the pace and plot of this novel and the characters were adorable and i like that they got to grow in to their romance as well. ( )

Lucy and Owen meet when they are trapped together in an elevator during a major blackout. They're only trapped there for a few hours, but they go on to spend the rest of the evening together on the roof of their apartment building. There's definitely something between them. . . but a week later, both leave the city and go in different directions. They keep in touch, sort of: an email here, a postcard there. But can whatever they feel for each other survive the distance?

This was okay, but I never really bought into the romance. I didn't really have a sense of why they were so attracted to each other. I felt like that first meeting, in the elevator and then on the roof, was told more than shown. Maybe if we had gotten more dialogue, I would have felt the connection? And both characters felt very bland to me. I've liked other books by this author, but this one left me cold. ( )

2016/05/10 Shaping up a 2-point-5-er (around 3 stars). Nothing spectacular.

Finishing this out of sheer stubbornness. Really meh.
(wistfully dreaming of other books to read instead T-T)

2016/05/12 REVIEW

So. 2.5 stars, as predicted.
This was actually better than I remembered, but still worse than expected. Rather meh.

Personally, I think it would have worked better with them being friends. Didn't feel the romance. AT. ALL. Those two are way too different. Pretty sure Lucy has no problems to speak of. Woe is her for being a rich Londoner. Owen was easier to sympathise with, but I didn't feel particularly connected either.

Overall it's so-so.

FINAL VERDICT: Try it out, if you want. But there are better books out there. ( )