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The book started with the ending of the beautiful love story and the journey goes backwards. Can you imagine beginning a book with tears and sob? Can you handle that? Because that's what you will get when you commit to reading this good book. A real good crying book. I love the way Reid wrote the sorrow and sadness of Elsie mourning on Ben's passing after he got hit by a truck. The hospital incidents and the drama with Ben's mother - Susan. Get ready because you are about to dive with my feelings - all about the book. Watch out! This post might reveal some spoilers. I admit that at first, I found it a bit ridiculous that Elsie and Ben fell in love too quick, get engaged, freaked out with the commitment and finally get eloped. But as the story goes along, I found that Ben has every reason for girls to fall for. Even I fell in love with Ben immediately when reading it.   The major heartbreak was when Elsie learned about the accident and her situation in the hospit...

I get hooked up with this book for 2 reasons. It has a very beautiful book cover and an intriguing book title. When I select the book to be in my reading list, I keep on thinking about what could be possible behind every husband she had. One thing I thought about was that this book might be about Evelyn's seven times of marriages in her life. The farther I read, the more the story came out of my surprise and even more than what I imagined. Before anything, I would like to remind that my review might contain spoiler. Might, but just a little bit should be okay, right? The novel tells the story of the fictional Old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, who at the age of 79 decides to give a final interview to an unknown journalist, Monique Grant. Although Evelyn Hugo was loosely based in part on actresses Elizabeth Taylor, Reid created Evelyn Hugo to be the glorious star in her storytelling. While reading this book, I googled more about Elizabeth Taylor and learned about her 8 marr...