Review: Open your mind and your heart....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2014
This is a difficult review to write, not because I don’t know what to say but by doing that I would give the whole storyline away. Suffice to say that this book is not an everyday romance, it is a story of struggles, gaining self-belief and ultimately being the person you were meant to be with the person who was meant for you, no matter what society says.When first reading this I was struggling to figure out the h of the story, Lex Keagan. She is a successful business woman and she is well respected in the town she lives, Heartfair (I so want to live here too!) She has had a bad time in her past due to her abusive father and her ex, but she is gradually learning to live her life, with the help of her loving Mother and close friend Roni. She has closed herself off from men and even after Roni convinces her to try on-line dating she knows herself it won’t be leading to anything. This was the part I was repeatedly asking myself – Why? But then I got to the crux of the storyline with the BIG reveal and I was suddenly totally on board and everything clicked into place.The blurb is justified is stating not for the close minded person, no you definitely need to be open minded and easily acceptable to situations outside your realm of knowledge as this story was for me. However I just want to say I LOVED it! It was so wonderfully done and I was routing for Lex to just let go and be herself and grab what life was throwing her.There are a couple of love interests as Lex had a fair few admirers both face to face and secret. I won’t name names as the thrill of the read is wondering who will be with Lex in that epilogue, and what a great epilogue it was.A really surprising and interesting read and a totally unexpected offering from Ms Logsdon. I can tell she loved the character Lex she created, it just oozed off the page.So if like me you are a reader of differing genres in romance then you will certainly love this, but to those who just like to read your run of the mill man meets woman and they run off into the sunset then maybe not. However it is ultimately a love story and for me it was more a more rewarding one due to the struggles our Lex went through to get there. Well done to the author for taking a chance and writing something different. It certainly opened my mind.