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I love a good Cinderella type story. The book synopsis promised to deliver such a HEA. Veronica is an overweight, depressed older twenty something needing to get over the grief of a loss of a parent. Noah is a younger twenty something ready to take on the world and show everyone his worth. Veronica comes to a gym where Noah gets his break to as personal trainer. Each needing the other for life's little troubles, they quickly become friends and then maybe more.

I find some reviews difficult to write. Trying to reach for the words to describe what I am thinking and feeling or lack of. To be honest, I couldn't connect to Veronica. I wanted to, but the more the story continued, the more I didn't like her. It seemed for the age difference she had a problem with the character's ages should have been reversed. Veronica acted immature and not handling her relationships well at all. Maybe that was the point of the story that I missed on? Although Noah gets his HEA, it just seemed like once Veronica got her head on straight, the storyline seemed rushed.

So, where does this leave my recommendation? I read it once. Probably never again. However, the writing style, editing, etc. was solid. I would be willing to pick up the second book in the series to see if I liked it better. For the value, which I paid zero pennies, it was an ok read. This book falls in the 2.5 stars out of 5 stars for me.