Not for me.
I don't like cheating, he feels left out when her career takes off so it makes it okay for him to sleep with his ex on and off??? No. Just no.
How would you ever trust him again?
I hate the mentality of I love her but I can't have her so I'll have sex with someone else, even my ex.
ARC.

I received an advance review copy of this book from the Great Thought's Ninja Review Team. All opinions are my own.

Another great read from this author. She has a knack for writing about life as it is, not as it seems. Relationships are complex, and the relationship in this book is no different. Book told in alternating voices and points of view. Very realistic on how hard it is to keep a relationship alive, let alone with the pressures of Hollywood. Ironic that I was reading this book on 9/11, since this a touched on in the book. Very well done. Highly recommend! ( )

I liked the premise of how this was written. However, I wasn’t a big fan of the story itself. I had a hard time following it. It started out pretty good but lost momentum about a third of the way through. ( )

Ben and Tatum met in a NYC bar long before either became famous. After a wonderful first date in Time's Square on New Year's Eve, Ben's career as a writer takes off while Tatum struggles through numerous auditions without landing a role. When Ben's career starts to stall, Tatum suddenly emerges as a megastar, landing the biggest roles in Hollywood. As with any celebrity couple, their relationship flounders with the challenges of fame. With Ben's story told in a backward sequence and Tatum's told going forward in time, the reader is forced to wait for certain details to become clear one year at a time, in alternating chapters.

I found this overlapping story device difficult, ,overly complicated and at times, I considered giving up on the story altogether, since I lacked the patience to try to follow the dates on my e-reader. However, I was glad I stuck with the story until the end and I enjoyed the ending. If I had it to do again, however, I wouldn't recommend this book be read in a digital format, so as to avoid additional frustration and I would try not to think too hard about what was going on in the story. Trying to organize the story in your head makes for unnecessary confusion in a relatively simple sequence of events. ( )

I have to say that I really struggled with this. The back and forth of timelines was quite confusing for me and I had a hard time knowing what was when.

My thanks to netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for this advanced readers copy. ( )