So, those of you who follow me on Twitter know how I felt about this book. I'm going to try to stay coherent in this rant because, as writer myself, I know it sucks when people hate your book. But, well, I really hated this book. 
 Actually, it wasn't the book I hated, it was the heroine. I just...*hated* her. In found her to be selfish and immature and cruel and a huge, huge coward. I tried to have sympathy for the thing (the reason given) that apparently caused her to be this way (although, as we later find out, she'd always been this selfish and immature) but I just couldn't. 
 I've read plenty of grief books and I don't think I've ever had this type of visceral hatred toward a grieving character. I mean, I know grief can do things to a person--sometimes it can change them in highly unflattering ways--and I usually can give a little leeway because of that, but I just couldn't give her this. Whit used her grief as an excuse for EVERYTHING, and at times it made sense, but at others it made absolutely none. She constantly blamed everything on everyone else, she ran away, she pulled away, she refused to "deviate from her independence." And she was an absolute b**ch to Deo. 
 I honestly have no idea what Deo saw in her. He had his faults, yes. He had no ambition, was lazy about getting a job, drank when he was upset, etc, etc. But he was not nearly as annoying or horrible as Whit. I actually sort of liked him, his friend Cohen, his mom, his grandpa, and Rocko. They were all quirky and fun. 
 Really, my issues were squarely with Whit. Up until the very last couple of pages, she never changed--and I'm not even sure she changed all that much by then. I just...no...I just didn't like her, and the fact that Deo did sort of made me dislike him too. Yes, I found her that horrible. 
 I realize this is a self-published book, but there were a lot of typos, grammatical errors, and spelling errors. A lot of them would have been easily caught if it had been read through just one more time. And really, I can look past that to an extent when the story is good and characters are engaging, which, unfortunately, this one was not for me. 
 I know I've done a lot of complaining, but there were a couple of bright spots to this. 1. The sex scenes were hot (helloooooo door sex!). 2. Deo was sweet and sexy at times. 3. Deo's family cracked me up. 
 And really, that's all. I would not recommend this to friends. Most of them prefer the types of stories I do, and the characters I do, so this would definitely not work for them either.