Review: Getting Better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
Mara Jacob's writing is getting better and better as I read further into this series. That is so good to see. I have read other authors that I gave a second and third chance only to have to finally stop because, although I enjoyed the storylines, the writing was painful. It's wonderful to see an author grow.***Spoilers***I liked the way the relationship between Petey and his father was shown. I know so many people who had dads like that, and now that I have teenagers myself I see a lot of parents like that. It was realistic, but every time I thought I would hate Petey's dad Ms. Jacobs redeemed him. I liked that she did that.What was a bit of a disappointment was the way the pregnancy was handled. It's not that I can blame the author; every tv show, movie and book seems to deal with unwanted pregnancy in the same way. It's a shame. Just once I'd like to see that scenario go in another direction for the realism and so other women know they are not alone.The feelings Alison had were very realistic though, so that part was dealt with very nicely.I'm looking forward to reading more of this series and will be reading other books by this author.