Amy Gallagher is a college professor and an aspiring writer. Her passion for words caused her to give up a safe job that she loved to pursue the last item on her childhood list of careers: famous novelist.
Her rejection slips are piling up when Eli, odd and unavailable, comes to live in her apartment by her roommate’s invite. Eli, who is an artist, wears his hair in a ponytail and has a long distance relationship with his girlfriend in Europe, slowly turns Amy’s world around. Despite Amy’s reservations, he proves that he may be the inspiration she’s been looking for.
I enjoyed this book. It was a classic chick lit: girl meets boy, boy is unavailable/undesirable. Girl becomes friends with boy. They have a falling out. Boy leaves. They meet again, girl realizes boy in available/desirable. It ends happily ever after.
I thought that the book, although lovely, was slightly depressing. Amy is walking around, single, her ambitions unfulfilled, and that’s how it continues for the majority of the book. The scene that saved it was the end of the book, where Amy is looking at his art in the display. That scene was magical. It formed a clear picture in my mind, and that’s what I walked away with from this book.
Note: I received this book free of charge from Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review, only an honest one.
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