Wonderful characters, effective synopsis but unfortunately sudden and dissatisfying ending!

I always keen on reading bittersweet emotional stories take place at hospitals! Five feet apart was the greatest example and I enjoyed both movie and the book based on the movie script ( that was the first, normally it is other way around)

When I read intriguing blurb about two people’s deep connection at the hospital ward without seeing each other’s faces, I clicked, clicked and clicked again! That seemed like my favorite kind of ugly crier, tear jerker, Kleenex needed story!

As soon as I was introduced to both Alice Gunnersly : workaholic, serious, self reliant girl who was badly burned because of a sudden fire at her office and sweet, optimistic, entertaining Alfie Mack whose leg has been amputated after the traumatic car crash, I truly loved both of them.

I was so happy to find a book I could invest with the well written, deeply layered characters!

But... there are so many issues held me back to fall out love with this book:

I loved the unique friendship between characters and the way the author analyze how they deal with their suffer, their stress about taking their first steps to the real world after the rehab time is over. The protective cocoon will be destroyed and they will face the harsh truths of real world which may change entire dynamics of their relationship! But the romantic involvement between the characters is full of cliches, cheesiness. You know how the story will continue and you can foresee the end from the beginning.

The ending didn’t work quiet satisfying for me! It was abrupt, haphazard, undeveloped! These adorable characters deserved better conclusion!

I was expecting something more effective, heart wrenching, powerful, deeply shaking but I certainly got more Hallmark sweetness which is still fine for me! I can still handle the cliches but the quick ending was not appreciable!

I’m giving three sweetest characters I truly adored stars! I don’t feel anything negative about this book. It was still quick, easy read with connectable characters and I still want to try more works of the author. But I wish she could give us more heartwarming, full filled ending!

So many thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for sharing this arc copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. I enjoyed reading the book, but it didn’t pull me in the way I’d hoped it would. The healing of the characters is nice to see, but the romance aspect was all very surface level. It has the feel of a Hallmark movie: pleasant and hopeful, but a little too light. I would have liked a little less conversation with random side characters and more of a payoff at the end with the main characters

I liked the beginning and alice point o view. Alice and alfie have both been badly hurt. Alice burnt and alfie his leg amputated. They form a sightless friendship and easy to read