Review: Interesting story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
I was asked to be part of the blog tour and give a review for My Mr. Manny.  I have dedicated myself to giving honest reviews so I feel I must tackle the things about this book that I wasn't fond of first.  Although the story plot was interesting, I just felt like the characters didn't have time to be fully developed.  I was left with wanting more than what the few pages gave me. There was so much information and events in this story, I didn't feel like each event had the proper amount of time for me to become emotionally invested in the characters.Now for the good things, as I said the plot was interesting, wife, husband, child, normal family unit.  Husband works all of the time leaving the mom as a single mom.  One night determine to keep the marriage together she decides to surprise him.  Unfortunately it was her that was in for the shock.  She finds him with another woman.  Now this is what I did love about this book, instead of becoming a victim, she takes a stand and kicks him to the curb.  She moves on with her life and plans a future for her and her daughter.In comes Mr. Manny, she needs help raising her daughter alone and working full-time.  Since she never limited herself to conventional ways, she hires Dominic to be Mr. Manny.  One thing leads to another and emotions start to grow.  Of course we can't have a love story without obstacles such as not everyone in the family agrees to this new relationship.It came down to having to decide what was best for her and her daughter and was Dominic worth fighting for and was he willing to fight for them?  As I stated, this was a good plot and I can only imagine how much more intense this would have been with more pages to fill in the gaps for us.  I was pleasantly surprised to find a strong female lead character who didn't crumble when she had found out the truth about her husband.  It was refreshing to see her take the control of her life back and vow to make a life for herself and her daughter.  I loved how she was willing to take risks in loving again and not caring about how society viewed it.I also loved the fact that Dominic was comfortable with himself to become the Mr. Manny, he was a strong male but not afraid to show his paternal nature.  We get so many alpha male stories these days, it was nice to see the role reversal in a the home.  Of course he wanted to work and bring his own money into the family, which only reinforces that the characters were strong and mature and responsible.  You won't find the usual drama in a love story between young people, but you will find the emotional roller coaster that comes with finding their way in life as a new family.