after reading this book i dont know if i should throw it against the wall or sigh to my hearts content..
i gotta say that this is one of the worst i've read of SEP but i still stayed up all night and finished the book cause i simply could not put it down. the characters were very well defined and definitely had a lot of character in them but the plot eh...i wasn't too overjoy by the fact that he was already married and still in love ..eck. read if you have time but i suggest you move on the SEP more recents and FABulous books such as Heaven, TExas, Dream a little dream etc.

SEP's books normally are winners to me but unfortunately not this one. I agree with a previous reviewer who wrote that this book has too much back information. While I understand the need for an author to fill in her readers with some background info about the main characters, SEP certainly went overboard with this book. I kept skipping pages & pages of useless (to me) information about Francesca's grandmother, mother, etc.. and remember thinking "Just get to the point & give me more of Dallie and Francesca already..!"

But then again, that's ok.. since this was written quite a long time ago, and by comparing this book with her more recent ones I can see the amazing growth SEP has gone through as an author.

If you're a first time SEP reader, I would suggest you pick up her more recent ones: Match Me If You Can, Ain't She Sweet, etc.

This book was not at all what I expected. The fact that it spans so many years is far different from other romances that I've encountered. I don't think I'd like this "epic" style in every book I read, but because it was rather unique, I enjoyed it in this story.

The characthers definetly aren't very likable, but at the same time they are really well suited, which somehow makes their romance endearing. The heroine is a spoiled, vain brat and the hero is self-pitying and the ultimate "jerk jock," but they were so enthusiastic about their flaws that you almost had to like them.

I give SEP credit for not falling into a typical romance formula, as I was continually surprised by the various plot turns.

Probably not my favorite book ever...I didn't like how the main characters were seperated for so long, and how perhaps they didn't know each other all that well. But, for a fun read, this definetly does the trick.