I rub her arms. Kiss the top of her head. Remind myself that this is about her and that I’m a terrible human being for enjoying the closeness between us. This is the only time she’s willingly allowed me to hold her. There aren’t any cameras here. This isn’t for show.
This is as real and as awful and as wonderful as it gets. I’d hold her forever if she’d let me.

It is so hard for me to give you all the reasons why I gave this story 5 stars because I loved it from the first word on.
As soon as I started reading the first few pages of this book, I fell in love with the writing, even if I've read her Royals. I have a feeling that Erin took it to another level with When It's Real.
She has a fun, fresh, addictive voice that just compels you to keep reading.
And the characters she creates... I fell in love not only with Vaughn and Oak but also with her sister, her twin brothers, hell!... even his security guy.

A bomb!