The blurb as seen on Goodreads:
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Publisher: Amulet Books
336 Pages
For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray’s goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now... not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn’t even know what they are?
Charlie Parker, on the other hand, is painfully aware of his heart’s desire. A gentle boy with a troubled past, Charlie has loved Wren since the day he first saw her. But a girl like Wren would never fall for a guy like Charlie—at least not the sort of guy Charlie believes himself to be.
And yet certain things are written in the stars. And in the summer after high school, Wren and Charlie’s souls will collide. But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them...
Sexy, romantic, and oh-so-true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction’s greatest writers.
I received an e-copy
of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Release Date: August 27, 2013Publisher: Amulet Books
336 Pages
For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray’s goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now... not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn’t even know what they are?
Charlie Parker, on the other hand, is painfully aware of his heart’s desire. A gentle boy with a troubled past, Charlie has loved Wren since the day he first saw her. But a girl like Wren would never fall for a guy like Charlie—at least not the sort of guy Charlie believes himself to be.
And yet certain things are written in the stars. And in the summer after high school, Wren and Charlie’s souls will collide. But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them...
Sexy, romantic, and oh-so-true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction’s greatest writers.
Such a pretty cover... I wanted to really like this one, and
for a bit, I thought that I would fall head over heels in love with it. I was ‘oohing’
and ‘awwwing’ pretty much through the first few chapters. Then somewhere, about
halfway through it, I realized we were just going to have a ‘like’
relationship.
Feelings are like
three-year-olds. They’re not rational. They’re just there.
The Infinite Moment of Us is the love story of Wren and
Charlie. Wren is an only child who comes from a life of privilege and
overbearing parents who have her entire life planned out Charlie lives with his
foster family and works hard for everything. He has a past and it’s not pretty.
Perfect and imperfect. They both feel as if something is missing in their lives,
and then they find each other.
In the beginning, I liked Wren. I liked that she knew she
wanted something more, that she didn’t want this cookie cutter life that her
parents wanted for her. She wanted to do something on her own. But as the story
progressed, Wren didn’t. She remained extremely immature. In fact, I felt like
she digressed back to all the stereotypes she was trying to rebel against. And
God was she needy. For someone who wanted to be independent, she complained an
awful lot about Charlie not being there or wanting her every moment of the day.
Charlie, on the other hand, I loved. He was the shining
beacon of this story. His character was so much more realistic than Wren and I
felt his emotions so much more. Being a female writer, she certainly tapped in
to the male perspective very well. He loved his family and he loved Wren and he
felt torn about where his loyalties lie. He generally didn’t want to let anyone
down. Even his psycho ex. He wore his heart on his sleeve and I just wanted to
hug him. A strong character that made mistakes and owned up to them.
I enjoyed the writing style of the author, especially her
male POV’s. This was a nice love story about two different people coming
together and figuring out how to grow. I liked that it shined light on the
difficulty of falling in love with someone right before going off to college
and the challenges you face when you don’t want to leave that person. What I
didn’t like was the excessive drama that filtered throughout. The blatant lies,
the drunken phone calls – these were to be expected, although not new and very
predictable. What I could have done without was the confrontation toward the
end with Charlie’s ex. What started out as a showdown you saw coming, turned
into something worthy of the OC or 90210. *cue eye roll* It wasn’t needed and took
me out of the moment.
Also, one other thing that bothered me. This didn’t feel
like a YA. I think it should be classified as NA. The sex was a little too
graphic for YA. All in all, a nice story, even if it’s a little frustrating at
times. A good telling of first love and I would like to read more from this
author.
The cover is so pretty, I never expected it to have so much drama!
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