If we were a movie

4.5
Let's be clear that when I give this book a 4.5, it isn't because it was “bad” by any means. There was just this one part that hit me like a truck...in a bad way (for those of you going, “Is there a GOOD way to be hit by a truck?” just read the book and you'll understand): when I found out Sophie and Nate had had...intimate moments together. That was it. That's all I was uncomfortable with. However, I could see that Kelly Oram needed that one big conflict that could potentially pull Jordan and Nate apart, because a psychotic clingy ex-girlfriend simply wasn't enough.
I positively loved Nate, Jordan, and all their other friends (Sophie can, of course, go fall into a never-ending pit and rot and crumble in despair). Even Nate's brothers came to grow on me after a while.
Nate is... -le sigh- amazing. As has been mentioned and demonstrated multiple times in the book (though not overly so, so props to Oram for not going overboard with her writing style, as well), Nate is an incredibly loyal, thoughtful, lovable, basically amazing guy. He tries not to lose his temper even when the other person in the conversation (ahem Sophie AHEM) completely deserved his full hate. However, he wasn't a COMPLETE pushover, which was something I thought should qualify Oram as a mind-blowing genius. It's incredibly hard to find that middle ground and stay on that path in any situation and Oram pulled it off beautifully. For example, I simply LOVED when Nate told off on Sophie, ESPECIALLY, obviously, that last “showdown” between them. -swoon- Oh a psycho btch put in her place...I think I'm in love. Jordan. Jordan was...what's a word short of perfect? But really, I couldn't find anything wrong with Jordan's character. I'm sure there's SOMETHING about her personality someone out there could point their annoyance about but I can't seem to think of anything-which is sort of a first for me. She was understanding when Nate went through his crisis (Hurricane Sophie). She tried to be the bigger person and leave the apartment to Nate and move back to LA. Oh. I've thought of one thing that pissed me off about Jordan, albeit, only for a short time: she liked dirtbags. That was just...UGHHHHHH. Nate give her a logical explanation for why she shouldn't go out with Blaze and SHE STILL WENT. Not only that, but there was the guy before him, and the OTHER guy before him. I could see Colin's line of thinking when he said that Nate should just let her go with Blaze because she needs to learn the hard way not to date douches but, after a look at Jordan's dating history, that wasn't exactly the smartest idea. In the end though, it worked out. She ended up with a non-douche, which definitely cooled my frustration.Colin...hah. Could you ask for a better supporting character? Hands down, Colin was THE BOMB. And I think that says it all about him. Read the book and you'll see why I think he's the perfect friend (even though he's fictional).Ohhhhhhh another thing I fangirled over about the book were the references to Oram's previous books. At times, it was a little too much, but I especially loved the part about Rob from Oram's Cinder & Ella. I love how she slipped in those tidbits about the futures of some of the Cinder & Ella characters. -sigh- I hope Rob is happy... *looks into the distance.
Anyways, those were the main points I wanted to record that I liked from this story. Hopefully, someone isn't reading this to determine whether or not to read the book since those spoiler bombs pretty much told the whole story...