4 stars 
 Sadly this story fell short for me. The exerpt and premise had me excited, but when I got my hands on the book it was just "ok" - better than your average HR, but below par for Tessa who's one of my favourite authors. 
 The story started off so promising. I love the first chapter. Then it started to feel a little contrived. There was the band of quirky girl friends who welcomed our heroine Emma with open arms on first meeting. They had depth of a cardboard cut out. All I knew of them were their quirks - the science girl and the animal-loving girl. Which made them predictable and boring. 
 There was also the strange way the her and heroine blab out their life story to each other, talking on top of each other. That was so strange to me. It didn't work for me. 
 That aside, I liked our hero Ash and heroine Emma. Trevor the little boy was wonderful. He totally stole the show.