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Sex makes monkeys out of all of us. If you don�??t give in to it, you wind up a cold, unfeeling bastard. If you do, you spend the rest of your life picking up the pieces. . . . At the start of senior year at William & Mary, the six-foot-tall, raven-haired beauty Victoria �??Vic�?� Savedge finds her future mapped out in detail. She will marry Charly Harrison, the son of one of Virginia�??s most prominent families. Though branded by a fiery streak of independence, Vic hasn�??t really considered any other options. Until she meets a woman named Chris. A transfer from Vermont, Chris is new to Southern mores and attitudes. Though instantly captivated by Vic, she is also drawn to the entire quirky but charming Savedge family. But the young women�??s friendship is not your basic college-girl variety. For neither can resist their mutual attraction�??an attraction that erupts into a passion that will forever change the course… (more)
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Vic Sevedge is starting last year of her bachelor, with a longterm boyfiend and a large social circle when she meets Chris and falls in love.
Vics family is endearingly excentric, and the southern atmophere created in the book goes a long way to justify the archaic behaviour and perceptions of the characters.
This is a nice little story of growing up, describing a romance that is untraditional without becoming too mired down in the details of the romance, instead letting it develop against a backdrop of the Sevedge family saga, in between the crises that their odd family and neighboors causes.
The thing I found the most trying about the book was the way Brown writes scenes; describing a charactes action, then tacking on a description of the characters feelings. So during a conversation the reader gets the conversation and the interactions, and the internal emotions/ observations of several of the participating characters.
The epilogue seemed rushed, and I wonder what the purpose of letting Vic become one of the "Old Boys" is?
The southern excentricity may seem a bit forced and intentionally 'cute', which reduces the storys impact.
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