A Review of A Love Story by Denene Millner & Nick Chiles

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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