Review: This is the Best Developed Romance Novel I've Read in a Long Time. (If I could give 6 stars, I would)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
Ms. Rose has written a real book. And I mean that as a sincere compliment. She has taken her time to develop her protagonists carefully and patiently through the length of the book. Her plot is as well-developed as her characterizations; she patiently leads you forward into the story at a very nice pace. She never rushes either you or her characters.Max starts out as a bastard, but he's GENUINE bastard; his anger and curtness come from a real place inside the character. Even his eventual meltdown is necessary and flows from his personality. Max, who lives in his head and needs his space to gain energy is lacking something common to many introverts, those human connections that they still need to stay whole. The author gives him a difficult childhood but not a STUPIDLY difficult childhood but one that is very believable. There is a hole in his life that is about to be filled.Nichole, is a well written extrovert, a woman who gains energy from being with people and she is just what Max, needs. If she has a fault, is that she may be a little too Pollyanna, but only a little, not enough to throw me off the story. It is her warmth and ability to reach out into the world for Max in the beginning and then to teach him how to do it for himself that brings them together..I liked this book so much I didn't even need the sex scenes to enjoy it, although they were fine. The developing relationship between Max and Nicole were enough to hold my interest.The problems that Max and Nicole overcome are well drawn, realistic believable.I hope Ms Rose continues to write novels. I will look for her work.