This book started out pretty great. In contrast with the prequel, I loved the beginning and the argumentation was excellent. She loses her husband and it doesn't turn out as an excuse to go to David (let's face it, our favorite) but... something happens in the middle. I did not like the development of her relationship with Dave and Sam's presence throughout the book and this made the main characters a bit inconsistent. Devin/David: So I assumed he fell for her since book 1 (when he asked her out even when they didn't have a session planned). I assumed he kept her away because he couldn't handle his feelings for her. But he says he fell for her after she told him she loved him. Then she walks away and he's ok with that and waits and waits for her so many years... I know the writer worked hard giving him a background but he is so dependant of Andi that it is actually annoying. Besides, he is the rich, handsome guy with psychological problems that our girl hero needs to rescue.Andi: She was in love with David from book 1. She was in love with him even when he chose Sam. I know the writer did sell her love story with Sam but it's not like she had solved her issues with David when she married Sam. So I was having a hard time when she acted like her past with David didn't exist based in the fact that they were supposed to be "faking it". In the end, I got bored from reading about her whining over and over. So I finished because I had to finish the book. Is the ending as happy as some other readers claim it is? I don't think so. And I was not expecting one. Besides, Andi is so self absorbed that I'll take a break before I read the sequel. This was really good. It's a sequel to Faking It in which we met Andrea and Devon and at first were appalled by their relationship then caught up in it as it transformed. In this novel, it is several years after they split up and Andrea's husband is killed by a drunk driver (on their wedding anniversary), sending her into oblivion. A year later, she finds her husband's anniversary gift to her, a trip to Rome. Of course it was for months long past but her friend convinces her to talk to the travel agent and see if they can't make good on the trip. She goes, alone. On her first day in Rome, she runs into Devon, who now goes by his real name, David. And the rest of the book begins.The story, apart from a really feel good love story, has a lot to offer. It portrays a very authentic picture of grieving for a loved one, especially a spouse. What Andrea goes through is heart breaking. It is also a journey of a woman who has lost herself as she tries to find herself...her authentic self or who she is without anyone else; without being defined by a relationship. It's quite well done.
What do You think about Ordinary World (2000)?
Loved the book, love the authors style of writing, she makes me want to go and write my own book.
—knixo2
This was such a deep book, went places I've never been before emotionally. Just loved it!
—ashley
