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Friday, 11 July 2014

Naturally, Charlie by S. L Scott

Source: goodreads
 Description:
 "Twenty-five year old Charlotte “Charlie” Barrow is caught between her old life and the one she is beginning to build when she crosses paths with a handsome stranger on the subway. Not looking for romance, she closes her heart off to the possibilities of love. With a knack for mishaps, Charlie maintains her sense of humor while befriending the kind stranger who seems to be there at all the right times.

New York freelance writer, Charlie Adams, is forging his own path beyond the expectations of the society circles of his childhood. Rejecting family money, and fast-lane friends, he is snubbed by his family as he follows his own compass to a life more extraordinary.

Through a coincidence of events, they come to rely on each other for comfort. This is the tale of two Charlies learning to trust again while fighting their fates to create their own destiny"

So despite being an avid, sometimes obsessive reading; I'm not used to discussing about how I feel about books. But i''m just going to jump right in despite my newness at this, because if I don't start now- I never will.

I really liked this book. I wouldn't be writing about it if I didn't. I really enjoyed the friendship between the Charlie's. Oh and that was different, the two leads having the same name. It made me pay extra attention to figure out who was talking. I enjoyed the storytelling, I enjoyed the writing. It was written in dual point of view which I normally enjoy. But this time I enjoyed it especially because each voice was distinct and I was able to connect to both characters individually.

The thing I liked the most about this though? The dialogue, the communication. There was no giant misunderstanding that dragged out for the majority of the book. The characters connected and then explored that connection. I appreciated that.

Now the things I didn't like. The only thing I didn't like was I felt the epilogue dragged on a tad bit. Which is something I didn't think I'd ever say. But I distinctly remember feeling it could've ended a page or two earlier that it did but that's neither here nor there really.

Sexual content?
Kisses, A descriptive make out scene that involves dry humping and a descriptive lead up to sex scene with the actually act boiling down to a few words. Can easily be ignored. So I'm going call this like 90% clean. But still clean enough that I'd read it. Wouldn't let my younger sister read it though ;)

Overall rating?

4 stars.

PS: Oh and I really appreciate that he didn't try to 'fix' her, I love that she worked through her issues herself
PPS: How cute were there Saturday movie dates?
PPPS: I LOVED how supportive they were of each other

Ok that's it, I think.

ETA: PPPPS: It looks like I won't be reading any more S. L Scott books, as all the others seem to have a lot of sexual content :(

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