Reena's life is complicated. A few years ago she knew exactly what she wanted to do, she wanted to travel the world visit everywhere she could think of, but now there's Hannah. Hannah is Reena's baby daughter that she loves with all her heart. The dad, Sawyer is out of the picture he did a runner before he even knew Reena was pregnant, but now he's back. And Reena's life is turned upside down again.
Reena can't help but to fall for Sawyer; she hates him but deep down inside she knows she really loves him more than anyone, except Hannah. Everything gets complicated when Sawyer gets back and Reena isn't the happiest person in the world... she doesn't know how to react to what's happened but she starts off with anger. But that slowly starts to fade away and she finds herself falling for his cheeky charm all over again.
How To Love was really good and I really enjoyed it! But it didn't have anything unique - it was just your average love story. By the end of the book I was still enjoying it but I was kind of fed up with Reena and Sawyer's relationship, they would fight and not speak to each other, then they would forgive each other and make out and then they would fall out again and it was all very tiresome. But the parts when there was more to the story than just Reena and Sawyer I liked.
How To Love has the same kind of design as Far From You by Tess Sharpe in the way that every chapter it changes from the present to for past or the past to the present this seems to be a really common thing with books at the moment, skipping backwards and forwards, but if it's done well it's good, and this was done well. How To Love also reminded me of Trouble by Non Pratt, how could it not? It's a book about a teen that gets pregnant and then has a kid to look after with no support from the Dad and then he comes back and everything changes. I have to admit I liked Trouble more but How To Love is a good book to just lazy around reading in the sunshine and it doesn't take much concentration.
I couldn't get attached to Sawyer at all in How To Love. At some points I think you were supposed to feel sorry for him but I never did, in fact I think he deserved everything he got and I hated him quite frankly; he was a drug addict and a liar and I honestly couldn't see what Reena saw in him. Now that I'm thinking about, it I don't think there was a single character I particularly liked. I liked Reena, but you were supposed to, but I didn't feel as attached to her as I would have liked to, I didn't feel like I knew her.
How To Love doesn't give you that feeling where you are whisked off to another world and it feels like you are living everything the characters are - it just couldn't keep me concentrating enough to be able to feel like I was in Florida.
How To Love was an enjoyable easy read and probably quite a nice book if you just want something that will keep you entertained but nothing with a wow-factor. I don't think I would want to read it again but I think if you're into romance books and you like the sound of it, it is a good book just not anything exciting. I am going to rate How To Love 4 stars because I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.
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