This
is my first time reading anything by Millner and Chiles. However, I became
immediately drawn to the main characters, Nina Andrews and Aaron Simmons whose love
story grew from their first meeting as kids and spanned into adulthood. Throughout
the years, there were tears, fears, drama, and mistrust until they came full
circle at loving each other again (twenty-six years in the making).
Nina
came from a family where drama was the norm. The house was cluttered, siblings
would argue and her mother clung with passion to Nina’s father who had played a
role in a botched robbery of a Department of Transportation parking meter
collector. Aaron’s household was completely different. His mother went months
without raising her voice. Calmness was the norm. The walls were bare and the
carpet was worn out by excessive vacuuming. His father unlike Nina’s father was
a doorman who adhered to decorum and not reacting to anything.
At one
point in the story, Aaron wondered whether his relationship with Nina would be
reflective of how she grew up. Well, let’s just say that Nina didn’t put up with
any “ish” and she let Aaron know each and every time he wanted to act a fool.
It
was a fun read. Two thumbs up!
My favorite lines:
The
only person I’ve ever trusted is Aaron. Not my mom or my dad or my sister (they
tend to make mountains out of molehills with whatever information I bother to
dole out to them, so I spoon it to them with great caution). Not any of my
girlfriends (you know what they say about women, right? They’re catty, catty,
catty—turn against you in a heartbeat, and put all your business out in the
street in the next one, this much I know
is true). Definitely not any of my trifling-ass ex-boyfriends (I heard enough halfhearted
I love you, babe’s, and She doesn’t mean anything to me’s to
last two lifetimes, for real).
Rating: 4 Stars
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