This rating is mostly a "memory" rating... in reality it was probably a low four. Oh, the memories this book brings back. I recently found this book again as an adult after searching for years for it. My girl-friend stole it from her mother in the 8th grade and we passed it around so much amongst our little group that it was tattered, torn and literally in peices. I admit I was the one who our freshman year finally got it thrown out when my mother tired of the stench radiating from my bedroom decided to "clean it" and it became a victim of her frenzy (and much explaining on our parts of why we had the dang thing in the first place I might add). After much research and a hunch I finally found the name of the author (Fire and Ice is quite a common name for a romance I found) and was able to pick it up at the local used book store. Ahh memories it brought back. Skip to reading it as an adult, as obviously it was well loved as a teen...
A literary master piece it is not but it is an enjoyable read if you can put up with a hero who is really quite full of himself and his lady who needs to step up and knock his stupid self into next week at times(I am not a violent person, in fact in my daily life I am very mellow and forgiving of most people but I had moments where I really just wanted to ring his neck... and hers). It has a fast paced plot and the story line is good, you feel for them even if you want to scream at them to wake up, get over it and get on with life and love... then again if they started to do this when I first felt the urge the book would have ended at chapter one. hahaha!! All in all it is a fun book.
I HIGHLY do NOT recomend the second book though. The author had a good thing going and you leaving this book feeling good about the characters and their future. I came away from the second book depressed and sad, it took me a long time to get over that it kind of ruined the memory of this book for me.
