In the beginning this book had me on fire! I had the hardest time putting it down. The main character,Gabriel, was smokin! I also found Julia to be very easy to relate to and developed my own little hopes and dreams about how their story would play out. About half way through the book Julia started irritating me and Gabriel seemed to get sucked back into the pages and became just words on paper. The way he talked was just too over the top. It was like he learned how to speak English from watching 17th century romantic plays. No one talks the way he does... not even professors and especially not ex coke heads! Julia's naivety got under my skin and wasn't realistic. Who grows up watching their mother whore around the way she did and turns out to be this fragile, innocent, whimpy girl? No one. This book let me down, but I still think it was an enjoyable read and would recommend it to my girlfriends. 
 Character Casting: 
 Gabriel: Henry Cavill 
 Julia: Alyssa Milano