"I'm an addict and Kyle is my drug of choice."SPOILER ALERT!!!
Book: Say You Still Love Me
Author:
K.A. Tucker
Genre:
Romance, Contemporary, New Adult
Synopsis:
Life is a mixed bag for Piper Calloway.
On
the one hand, she’s a twenty-nine-year-old VP at her dad’s multibillion-dollar
real estate development firm, and living the high single life with her two best
friends in a swanky downtown penthouse. On the other hand, she’s considered a
pair of sexy legs in a male-dominated world and constantly has to prove her
worth. Plus, she’s stuck seeing her narcissistic ex-fiancé—a fellow VP—on the
other side of her glass office wall every day.
Things
get exponentially more complicated for Piper when she runs into Kyle Miller—the
handsome new security guard at Calloway Group Industries, and coincidentally
the first love of her life.
The
guy she hasn’t seen or heard from since they were summer camp counsellors
together. The guy from the wrong side of the tracks. The guy who apparently
doesn’t even remember her name.
Piper
may be a high-powered businesswoman now, but she soon realizes that her
schoolgirl crush is not only alive but stronger than ever, and crippling her
concentration. What’s more, despite Kyle’s distant attitude, she’s convinced
their reunion isn’t at all coincidental, and that his feelings for her still
run deep. And she’s determined to make him admit to them, no matter the
consequences.
What
I thought about it...
The
Writing
Finally,
a breath of fresh air. If my memory serves me right, this is the first romance
book I’ve read where the girl is the billionaire and the guy is on the wrong
side of the tracks. It is so empowering to read a book where the female lead is
strong and independent and has the say in a lot of things and not like some
hot, billionaire, bachelor guy stereotype.
It
is written in Piper Calloway’s point of view and the chapter alternates between
the Then, where she narrates her time in Wawa Camp when she was 16 years old,
and the Now, where she’s currently 29 years old and a VP of Calloway Group – a
real estate company headed by her father.
The
exchange of lines are, wow. I felt the whole d*mn zoo inside my stomach during
their Wawa Camp days and I felt like a teenage girl falling in-love for the
first time again... it’s amazing. It reminded me of my every firsts – first kiss, first hug, first
love and first heartbreak.
The
Characters
I
like the Now Piper more than the Then Piper. I actually felt indifferent
towards the sixteen-year-old Piper and the seventeen-year-old Kyle. Though I
love the Young Adult genre, I always find making-out of teens at that age cringey.
But in general, I find it cute anyways. Their exchange of lines made me giggly
as early as chapter four. But there are things she did (at the camp, e.g. PDA with a guy she barely knew) that made me detest her
and she kinda lost me midway.
With
Kyle, I like him, very much actually. He’s so mysterious and strong and
vulnerable all at the same time. What a set of balls!
I also like the background characters like David just being a douchebag and self-centered and Eric's goofiness. I ship David with Reneé and Eric with Ashley. I was left heartbroken at the end, though, knowing what happened to Eric. I really want him to end up with Ashley cos they looked cute together. I want all of them to be happy!
My
Verdict
I
love second chances but I’m not a fan of childhood love story so I’m kinda
doubtful about reading this... but dang! I enjoyed it at first before it slowly
bores me. Reading it gave me tons of feelings. However, I felt like the author
was just dragging the story. It lost me at the end and bore me cos the story
progressed so slow from the moment Kyle told her why he went away thirteen years
ago. On that note, I am more curious as to what’s gonna happen on her career
than contemplate if she’s gonna turn her back on her Dad or pursue her
relationship with Kyle. I’m contemplating as well if I’m just gonna put this
book behind me and move to a new one or just get it over with.
It is awesome, but not
awesome enough for me to finish it in one sitting.
P.S. Can I just share
what the seventeen-year-old Kyle Miller looked like to me? Well, here.
He’s not every bit of
Kyle as described in the book but I’ve watched him recently so his beautiful
smile lingers. And it doesn’t help that he’s a security guard in his next
lakorn series. Talk about timing.
MY RATING
★★★☆☆
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