This is the kind of book where, when you finish it, you blink, look around and realize that life was going on without you and you really didn't miss a thing.
Anne Calhoun is on my short list of authors that I know I'll love whatever she reads. As I read this book, I had descriptive words flowing through my brain...
Elegant
Subtle
Quiet
Complex
Intense
Erotic
You can't turn your brain off with this one. You also have to make sure that you are in a patient mood because Tilda (the female MC) has some serious issues and I can assure you that it's not worth giving up on this book. Tilda likes to keep things very controlled and she sometimes comes off as cold. Her issues are a big deal but I just adored Daniel and how he loved Tilda despite the difficulties that they faced. Daniel had crazy ridiculous chemistry from the first moment they spoke to each other and like all of Ms. Calhoun's books, this one was crazy hot.
I loved the way Ms. Calhoun told Daniel and Tilda's love story and how she wove Tilda's stationery store into the plot and how it played such an integral and influentual part in her life. There's a lot of detail I could go into about this but I won't because I feel like it's better experienced on your own.
She opened her eyes, saw him in ger peripheral vision, his solemn profile. The light from Louise's living room picked out the silver in his hair, the dusting of gold on the backs of his hands. In that moment, the space of a couple of heartbeats, no more, she loved him so passionately her throat closed. She loved him.
See? Isn't that gorgeous? That's simply beautiful prose right there, the kind that makes you just want sit for a minute (or more) and absorb it. Yeah, that's this whole book.