The characters one to life instantly. No one is insanely rich or poor. They are essentially just middle class everyday people. Alissa work as an assistant and Myles is a bar owner. The bonds between the characters like Alissa and Jane (best friends) is so amazingly accurate to the friendship level I have with my best friend. Zweel was able to capture little moments ( eating together, poking fun at each other and knowing when something is off) that really establish a close friendship these two have. Not only could she establishes a friendship bond but she beautifully created to separate sibling bonds, Alissa & Tom and Jane & Myles. while both sets showed sibling being close and protective, she created a background that showed the differences in how each sibling bond had grown strongly. One of a healthy childhood and one of an unhealthy childhood. It was always interesting to see the characters interact with each other as the dialogue flowed seamlessly together. Not once did I feel a scene was cut short or overly done.

This book is definitely made for any women who lived during the 90’s as the author inserts many plugs to movies, actors and music. Which normally I would say can just comes off feeling like an endorsement deal, did not in this case. It really helped to bring the scene alive and to create a visualization of the characters. For example this line I went gaga for “I fear that he might be my Achilles’ heel. My Romeo to Juliet, my Jack to Rose, my Noah to Allie.” Seriously, I seen every one of those romances come to life on the big screen and loved every one of those love stories.
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