I absolutely ADORED THIS BOOK!!! I went into it with doubt because I don't like romance books 99.99% of the time. I hate ooey gooey yuckiness. BUT THIS BOOK. It was part of the 0.01% that I actually like and it's probably the only romance book you'll ever see me rate five stars. 
 I love it so much I'm skipping the lists and just ranting, okay? 
 The Good 
 Sam, oh my gravy, Sam. I absolutely ADORED her. She has such a painful past, and she hides in her books, and it's so sad AND I JUST WANNA HUG HER. (view spoiler)[I love the way Alex pulls her out of her shell. And the part where she corrects Professor Muir and Alex on their Shakespeare? LOVED IT. (hide spoiler)] 
 The drama was so sweet. Sam was stepping out during the whole story, totally out of her comfort zone. I loved the parallels between her and Ashley in spite of their completely different pasts. And her interactions with Johnson were really nice, too. 
 AND HER TEXTS WITH ALEX. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED. 
 I hated the people I was supposed to hate (view spoiler)[*cough*Josh*cough* (hide spoiler)] and loved all the other wonderful squishy characters. *hugs them all* There are also some really great messages in this book about sex before marriage and Christian, without hitting you over the head. 
 And I LOOOOOOVED all of the Jane Austen references. They were just so amazing. I haven't even read half the books they were referring to, but I still laughed. 
 (view spoiler)[I did predict who Mr. Knightley was, but I really enjoyed it. Sam seemed a little clueless when she was walking in and everything, and she also recovered kinda fast, but hey, there's limited space in a book. (hide spoiler)] 
 The Bad 
 I'm really struggling with this part, at least. Sam opened up too well to Mr. Knightley in the beginning - she's so into hiding, but she opens right up with Mr. Knightley. For all she knows, he could be selling her secrets to the highest bidder... 
 Other than that, she remembers conversations word-for-word, and the transition from letter to real life, while inevitable, is a little jarring and awkward. 
 BUT I'M FISHING HERE, PEOPLES. THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. 
 The Ugly 
 There's some kissing. Josh wants Sam to let him sleep over or to sleep over at his house, and he's obsessed with looks. There are a lot of hints about other sexual sins, in negative ways. 
 Every single girl on Planet Earth (and other planets, too) should read this book. It was so awesome, and while I think it's technically adult, it's so much better than most YA books, especially romance-wise. AND PLOT WISE. *hugs Alex*