4.5 Love sometimes comes the second time around Stars 
 That Thing between Eli & Gwen was... Everything. 
 I absolutely loved this book. 
 The way that both Eli and Gwen met was unfortunate and heart crushing for anyone that has experienced that situation. 
 Making the decision to move out of her apartment and leave behind the memories, Gwen meets Logan who is a close friend to the horrid ex-fiance, Bash; he also is Eli's younger brother. In an attempt to help Gwen he injures himself and is taken to the hospital by Gwen. There she meets Eli for the first time after the disaster of an almost weeding. Eli is one bitter, angry, condescending jerk who does nothing but insult Gwen. 
 Eli is upset that his younger brother is feeling guilt for the part he played in the disaster of an almost wedding, but he doesn't see how he could owe Gwen anything. He surely thinks that she is trying to take advantage of him and his generosity. But little does Eli know that the time at the hospital won't be his last. 
 Finally making her way into her new apartment with her dog by her side, Gwen is happy to just get all her unpacking done and wallow in tears. Coming out of the apartment at the same time as her next door neighbor she is stunned to see no other than Eli Davenport. 
 The relationship that develops between the two is both hilarious and saddening. They both guard themselves so well, but no one else can understand your pain better than the other person who lived it at the same time you did. They both develop some sort of friendship that Eli never saw coming and it shows when he gets knocked down by no other than the true personality that makes Gwen. 
 Gwen doesn't know what to make of the friendship that she has with Eli, but she starts to see more and truly know the man the mask of making and having everything perfectly perfect. She also starts to see how much she is letting her walls come down and finally feel like herself once again. 
 Through their journey you see both of them grow into themselves, how they start to become the true people they were made to become. They start to see the real emotions behind the people that make them feel what they were missing and it truly is beautiful. But once things become beautiful, heartbreak and turmoil might be the thing to break everything and love might not be strong enough to conquer. Their battles are nowhere near over, and it might seem like it never ended since the first time they met. 
 I laughed, I was angry, I "almost cried", but most of all I enjoyed this read. It's complicated then its light. It's simple, but the struggle is there. There's friendship and there's love. And at the end, well... you just have to see the way it ends... or begins. 
 Thank you to the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. 
 Shout out to my girl, Shanny for this BR we do together. Muah, babe. :*