Meh. Too much non-relationship stuff for me. And too much talking during the sex scenes. Just not my thing, I guess. ( )

I wanted to try out this new book by Richardson because I had liked The Campaign also by her. This wound up just as interesting and engrossing as that one was.

It's about Pam Wright and Trish Tomlinson. Pam is an ER Doc in Chicago, Trish a High School teacher in Ann Arbor. The woman that they both have in common is Laura, Pam's big sister and Trish's first love.

The story starts as Laura dies while serving as a doctor in the Army in Afghanistan. Pam and Trish reconnect when Pam brings Laura's body home to Ann Arbor on her way to Laura's final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. From there they help each other through the grieving process, or try to at least. They each of a lot of varied baggage too. And then the romance tries to make itself known and the story gets really interesting. Will they, won't they, etc.

I really liked the book. Overall the writing seemed solid and at some points, like the scene where Pam gets notified of her sister's death, the writing was amazing. I also thought that some of the turns of phrase were really really cool.

I do have to say that I would have loved to hear about more of a lot of the characters in the book. I especially wanted to know more about Camille's story. Some of the mysterious things she said definitely piqued my interest.

Overall I thought it was a great book, and a fun and quick read.

I won this through the Goodreads First Read giveaways. ( )