Review: When I opened this book I expected a cute, predictable love story; it was definitely cute but not as predictable as I expected. I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed a storyline like this. Halpin does a great job of developing his characters, which I feel certain authors (especially romance authors) don't take the time to do. This is what makes the difference, each of the main characters experience so much in their separate lives and then they finally meet. The character development makes the reader wonder, if they had met when they were in their teens would it have worked? The trials and tradegies the characters experience shape them into who they become as adults, this is such a foreign concept in love stories.
Synopsis: Mark meets his first girlfriend in college, and falls madly in love with her. They each have experienced the loss of a loved one and Mark feels that it is something they can bond over. His girlfriend pursues a career as a punk rocker and creates a hit song called "the Two Minute Man." Mark becomes infamous at college, this song ruins his dating life as it becomes a chart topper.
Philippa is living with her father in London at the time and dating a loser singer, who only uses her for money and sex. Philippa decides she is going to end it, how ever before she does her boyfriend catches her cheating on him. He writes his own chart topping song called, "Philippa Cheats." After making her life a nightmare in the UK she moves back to the states.
Years go by and both Mark and Philippa experience even more challenges from relationships. That is until the day that they finally meet.
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