Squee! I love when you want a book SO desperately, and then when you actually get it in your grasp, it’s as freaking good as you wanted it to be. That’s the best, right? Towle has absolutely met my expectations plus some with this one. When I Was Yours is a highly emotional, angst-driven, tension-filled whirlwind of a romance and I enjoyed every last page of it.
I think by far the most enjoyable aspect for me was the flashbacks. I’m always so so on any flashbacks in a book, because for me, they always seem to be a means to an end. It’s a way to help the reader understand why things were done and how the characters are reacting to that in the present. With When I Was Yours, I found myself being swept away into both timeframes. She makes you care so deeply and become so enthralled with not only their reunion in the present day, but you’ll be eager to jump back 10 years earlier. It was like two fantastic books in one, and I’m not sure I can choose which I really loved more. So to combine both? I couldn’t get enough. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, and pretty much refused to put it down.
I think by far the most enjoyable aspect for me was the flashbacks. I’m always so so on any flashbacks in a book, because for me, they always seem to be a means to an end. It’s a way to help the reader understand why things were done and how the characters are reacting to that in the present. With When I Was Yours, I found myself being swept away into both timeframes. She makes you care so deeply and become so enthralled with not only their reunion in the present day, but you’ll be eager to jump back 10 years earlier. It was like two fantastic books in one, and I’m not sure I can choose which I really loved more. So to combine both? I couldn’t get enough. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, and pretty much refused to put it down.