I really liked this book until the ending. It was a sweet romance with an emphasis on following oneself...and then the ending.

Normally I don't let my feelings about an ending affect the rest of my opinion of the book. But this ending was completely contrary to everything else the book advocated for. I feel like there had been some values built up and then they just got crushed. But to spare spoilers, I'll leave that there.

I thought the first part of the book was really sweet, and I really enjoyed reading about Charlie and Wren as they slowly fell in love. However, after this part, there wasn't much that really set this book apart from another typical romance.

Their love went from very sweet and cute to co-dependent and, in my opinion, unhealthy. I didn't enjoy how they seemed to abandon other friends and previously important relationships for each other, and how Wren was overly jealous. There was no trust between them.

I related a lot to Wren in feeling guilty about having had a good life, but this was probably about as deep as it got. Her dependence on her parents wasn't ultimately really resolved.

I did enjoy reading this, but there were too many things that irked me and that felt unhealthy about Wren and Charlie's relationship for me to really advocate for it.
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Another YA book that I'm conflicted about as a librarian. I liked the story, more or less, and it was in many ways a sweet tale of first love. However, given that YA is so often read by late elementary school and early middle school aged kids, and that Lauren Myracle tends to have a younger following due to the success of her children's books, I thought the level of sexual explicitness was a bit beyond the pale. I've seen the Infinite Moment of Us compared to Forever, but I recently re-read Forever, and Judy Blume doesn't come even remotely close to using the kind of language Myracle uses here. So, The Infinite Moment of Us is a YA story that has Adult cross-over appeal, but it's also one that makes me think it's time for libraries and bookstores to embrace the New Adult category and give it its own section. Books like this one are fine, but they need a new place to call home, where 10- and 11-year-olds are less likely to find them. ( )

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The plot sounded awesome. And this book was sooo great... Until about 3/4 of the way and something happened (wont give away anything) and the book became something different. It was a great read but started focusing on something that i felt was uneeded in a Ya novel. ( )

Read my review here: http://www.renaemcbrianbooks.com/2014/09/book-review-infinite-moment-of-us-by.ht... ( )