I'm not even sure how I came about this book, I just know I was browsing around the goodreads lists one day and BAM!! On The Island surfaced! At first I didn't think I would like it because it reminded me of Castaway and that movie seriously depressed me. But, after reading some reviews and checking out the ratings, I gave it a go. 
 I don't know why in the world I doubted this book, because I loved it and it was a great read. I might not be placing it in my favorite-books shelve but all the same it was great. Nothing about the events that occur in On The Island to me felt forced. I liked how Tracey Garvis-Graves incorporated some world news events into the plot.(view spoiler)[(e.g. their plane crash right before 9/11 and the tsunami that helped them get rescued) (hide spoiler)] They did not at all feel forced and paced well with the story. 
 Moving on to the romance part of On The Island Anna and T.J.'s relationship was not at all perverted, (like one would think when reading about a 30 year old woman and a 16 year old boy stuck on a deserted island.) but actually romantic. (view spoiler)[ Nothing happens until T.J.'s 19 and that is pretty legal! (hide spoiler)] Nothing seemed forced since they gradually fell in love and didn't try to take advantage of each other when they were vunurable or jump each others bones when one fell in the mood. 
 It surprises me that this is Tracey Garvis-Graves first published book since it was so well written that it felt like it could have been one of many.