I'm conflicted on Waiting for You. I'm not sure how to rate it or discuss it. I don't know if it's just me at this moment or if the things that bothered me were legit. These are strange times we're living in and my emotions and anxiety have me all over the place...

I thought the premise sounded interesting and there were definitely aspects of it that I enjoyed reading about. The chemistry and sex scenes between Ren and Lindsay were good, too. I was put off by Patty. A lot. Deb was easier to take. I think the funny best friends were a bit too much for me. I felt like the tone of the book was sort of all over the place. Again, it might just be me. I also don't feel great about the quick wrap up in the epilogue. It was just too... well, quick and perfect.

Like I said, I'm very conflicted. Hopefully, you won't be and you'll love it. ( )

I've never read something quite like this. Lindsay, since she was a teen, has dreamed about a little boy and a woman, Roo. She is convinced that she knows them from one of her previous lives. Then, she meets Ren (who is in town having a quick visit with a friend), and Lindsay faints because Ren is the spitting image of Roo.

It goes about as you'd expect with the back and forth, but, in the case of this novel (unlike others), there was also a very cool underlying push and pull of the past lives stuff.

Oh,and there was my favorite lesfic subplot of the year so far, that of Mrs. Stokley. She was such a great character and I really sorta want her story as a lesbian romance now too. Her character really hooked me (I'd love a Patty, Lindsay's BFF, story too).

And, I may or may not (hint: I did) have given this whole novel an extra star because it was set in small town Massachusetts, and that part of the novel was gotten mostly correct too. Always a big positive in my estimation. Staties!!

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books. ( )