4.5 stars 
 When Christopher Moore and Samantha Schultz run into each other after seven years apart, the pain of their history hits both of them square in the face, and each question everything they have been doing since their high school breakup. 
 As the events of the past come out in flashback scenes, it becomes clear that each saw the events surrounding their breakup in completely different terms. And each held on to the pain that was inflicted by the other, even as it blows up in their present. 
 I wasn't crazy about that fact that Samantha is in a relationship with another man nearly the entire duration of the book. Yes, that relationship is obviously not where her heart is, and revelations happen that make her current boyfriend look horrible for his choices and actions, BUT it is hard to look past the fact that she was still in that relationship. 
 But as Ben was gone for much of the storyline, it was easy to forget she had a boyfriend and fall in love with the chemistry between Samantha and Christopher. And what could have been between them if things had played out differently when they were sixteen. 
 I loved the roles Aly and Jared played in this entire story. They were the friends Samantha needed at some pretty hard times, and were also there to support Christopher in exactly the same way. They adopted Samantha into the family even before the past had begun to be dealt with. 
 And Samantha's brother, Stewart, may have been my favorite side character I've read in a very long time. His scenes made Samantha stop and think, reconsider, and reflect. And ultimately offered her the pushes she needed to see what was in front of her. (And he both made me laugh and cry, every single time he was on the page.) 
 This was such a wild, crazy, sweet ride. Young love. Once in a lifetime love. Two people with opposite reputations. Years of hurt and pain between them. While it may not be my favorite of the author's works, it told this couple's story perfectly. And my hang-ups have nothing to do with the writing or the individuals, but simply my feelings about books with cheating. So in some ways, my high rating can be seen as an extra compliment, because it takes a lot for me to overlook or look past a storyline with cheating, even if it leads to a happy ending for the main characters. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.