Review: Romantic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
This book told a sweet story of best friends--a girl & a boy--who are inseparable as children and the boy's older brother teases him relentlessly. In the end the girl winds up with the boy's brother because he missed his opportunity to be more than just friends.As you read it, the story looks like it will be the typical story of a young woman who gets pregnant and when she tells her young man he walks away, leaving her to raise their child alone. Then you wonder what type of life she and her child will have, will her family turn their back on her or will they help her. I was surprised when the young man actually came back later the same day after he had a chance to be alone and clear his head. As it turns our the unexpected pregnancy accelerates his plans to propose.In many books I've read, it's usually the parents of the young man who are up in arms accusing the girl of being a gold digger or just trying to get out of her situation at home. Jake's parents were anything but toward Quinn. They already knew her because she had spent time in their home with Luke and welcomed the news of the pregnancy with open hearts as well as the news that Jake had proposed to her.Quinn's parents were a mixed bag. You don't read much of her father, who was pretty accepting of the situation, but her mother just made your head hurt and you wanted to some how reach into the pages of the book and strangle her. Quinn's sister, Carly, was a blessing where their mother was concerned particularly after the birth of the baby.There is an extremely sad part in the book near the end that will make you cry if you have just a little bit of a heart.