After reading all of the rave reviews of this book on amazon (best book I've ever read, etc), I ordered this book. I was expecting at least a "book club" level of read from this book. It was a "Romance Novel". That's all fine and good if that is the genre you enjoy, but just keep that in mind when deciding to purchase. I enjoyed the read, but it fell short of my expectations in the literary sense - more of a beach read.