I thought Claire was a fantastic character; sassy, funny, tough, but still vulnerable. She was definitely the best part of the book. The dialogue between Claire and Miles was fun and funny and felt natural.
I both liked and disliked Miles at times. The whole thing with their big breakup was just weird and didn’t make a lot of sense. It just felt like the author forced this breakup for the drama, but it didn’t feel in character with the Miles that Claire and the readers knew. Why would he refuse to listen to her? And then have sex with her, and immediately go to thinking she was all about money, andTHEN expect her to be fine with losing a promotion, and possibly be placed on probation? It was really illogical and immature. He did seem to learn from his mistake, but he was still a bit all over the place. Mainly, he kept thinking Claire was difficult to work with even after she moved back to Denver, and it took him quite a long time to acknowledge that he had hurt Claire. He knew he lost her, but he didn’t seem to realize that what he did actually hurt her. I ended up rooting for them more because it was what Claire wanted, rather than just wanting them to be together.
Next, there were too many characters in the book, which got pretty confusing, and most were inconsistent. Mrs. Archer went from being wise and pretty great (though meddling), to judgy and controlling. Miles’ partner was pretty much a clueless jerk, who didn’t seem to value his “superstar” even though he’d been singing her praises for years. The friends Claire went on vacation with really didn’t appear after the first chapter and could’ve been left out entirely. Claire’s boss at the New York office seemed very smart and supportive and caring of her employees; then turned cold and overbearing. The whole thing with the vineyard client was odd and seemed like it was just for the drama to force Claire to spend time with Miles again, and provide a reason for Claire’s partners to get strangely upset about it. I liked Claire’s family, and her assistant, but most of the others were unnecessary.
Finally, I was happy to have a book set primarily in Denver, as I’ve lived in Colorado most of my life; but for the most part, it was just a setting that could have been anywhere. There wasn’t a whole lot of local flavor.
Overall, it was good book, and worth reading (mainly because of Claire), but needs work on character consistency.
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