DNFI received an ARC and I was bored to death....I read half way through the book and I just had to stop. I can't relate to the book and I can't get into it either.....

I won this book from Goodreads. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from the first page to the last. Not a dull moment anywhere in between. Highly entertaining, emotional & interesting.

Amazing..This book is so relatable.. One of the best books that I've read in awhile where I couldn't put it down, stayed up too late reading, cried, cheered, and loved..

A very busy story. So entertainingNever a dull moment. Silly at times but enjoyable till the end

I really enjoyed the plot and the characters in "So Close". I especially enjoyed Amanda's hard work paying off with an opportunity to find her bliss and move up the career ladder. In addition, Amanda's friendship with Lindsay was very special as well. And Lindsay's struggle with expectations and experiences were admirable. The only unbelievable part was the length of which Amanda went to to protect her career. p.s. Her mother drove me crazy - and Amanda was entirely too nice to her!

this book is just...... boring!!! flat, shallow, B O R I N G!!most of it i just flipping through it. there is no grab plot attention. oh thank god i am done.

Stereotypical and predictable with a shockingly unexpected amount of raunch. What bothered me is it was so random and so crudely done. I almost didn't finish but had come so far. Anyway, aside from the icky part, it was way too long to the point where it became agonizing. Especially the inclusion of the Cheyenne plot twist and the video footage. Ewww! This could have been a few pages to reveal what a horrible person one particular character was. But no, it was chapter after tortuous chapter. Wha...

Fun read! Love the way the authors write feel like you are experiencing what the character is going through. You have to find out if Tom Davis makes it all the way in his political career and if all that help him along the way get rewarded ! Love the ending!

A story with promise that succumbs to the temptations of too many dramatic twists in the final act. The trite "handsome leading man with unbelievable wealth, snobby mother" was bothersome - he never felt like an actual character, more a vehicle for our heroine's wishes and aspirations.The bombshell revelation in the final act, followed by a painful and confusing side trip to Kiwah Island, and another bizarre revelation after that - totally took the wind out of the story's sails. The Cheyenne / C...

I could not put this book down! This story is about survival - basically starting your life with nothing - no support from your family, barely any money and no hopes of leaving a trailer in FL. Amanda has dreams for herself - to go places - how is she going to make that happen? Can anyone help this poor girl?Fast forward a little bit to when she meets Tom Davis, politician, she is in awe of this man. She believes in his vision, what he stands for. His beginnings were just like her - just a few t...

Not my writing style.

A fun summer read but too many stereotypical characters and a lengthy middle made this book quite a waste of time. I pushed through to finish it. It was a bit too predictable for my taste. I really wanted to like this book as I really enjoyed the Nanny Diaries. The main character's dry wit and gusto was endearing and got me through the first few pages but just wasn't enough to keep me engaged.

I liked that Amanda was a strong female character who knew that she didn't want to live in a trailer and have the same life as her mom. She was very driven and a hard worker. My issue with the book were that large chunks of time would happen between the parts of the book. I found myself thinking that those missing chunks of time would have been interesting to read about, maybe more than what was actually covered in the book. The writing was sometimes awkward or unclear. There were several senten...

I wasn't sure if I'd like So Close at first - it seemed like it was going to be too predictable, and like it was trying too hard to make something happen, but then I got into it. Overall, I found the story to be quite predictable but it was also entertaining enough that I wanted to continue reading to confirm (or deny) my suspicions about where things were headed. It was an easy, pretty light read which was exactly what I was looking for this weekend.

Senator John Edwards? Did no other reviewer notice the similarities? 😏

I've loved Emma and Nicola since I was a teen reading The Nanny Diaries. What I love about them is their characters. Women that mean so well and strive for it only to get lost along the way paired with a guy that's just as lost in his own way but fights until the end for them. He fights for the HEA. Amanda and Pax made a great pair. But the relationship between Amanda and Lindsey is what made this story for me. As Amanda tried to be more than her trailer park childhood Lindsey became her Savior....

It was slow to get started but it ended up being really good.

This book began sooooo slowly and with such a dull main character that I almost gave up on it. As I was stuck on a road trip made doubly long due to poor weather, I didn't risk taking my eyes off the road and trudged through the audio version for longer than I normally would have. Then suddenly, it began to pick up. The storyline evolved and became more complex, and the cast became more interesting. Unfortunately, the main character never seemed to truly evolve as I hoped she would until THE VER...

I would argue that this novel has two protagonists: Amanda and Lindsey

I suppose this can join the canon of thinly veiled retellings of women enduring political scandal alongside Young Jane Young and American Wife, but this one felt a little more pointless - why did it read like a New Adult Kindle Romance thrown into a Nutribullet with John Edwards with essentially no details changed? And outside of that, were we *really* supposed to root for her to end up with whatever his face was? Was PAX really the best name they could come up with?