Review: Unfinished
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
The book was somewhat ok. I thought the premise was promising, two best friends making a conscious and informed decision to marry to achieve their individual objective. The heroine wanted to marry because she wanted to start a family and the hero wanted to the job as a pastor in his home church but was not a front runner for the position because he wasn't married (his wife died ).  The h and H had a close relationship and the h was there to help the H during his grieving. The h suggested the whole marriage arrangement and both parties discussed the expectations and possible limitations but committed to making it work as divorce was undesirable for a pastor. The h although in love with H knew he really loved his dead wife and didn't seem ready for a romantic relationship.This so far was fine but the story was developed poorly. First of all, you only got the h point of view which made the issues  or conflicts sometimes difficult to follow and the resolutions seemed incomplete because the H only truly articulated what he was feeling and dealing with at the end of the story which did not comprehensively explained his behavior. It left me with a few questions like when did he fall in love with h, what was he really guilty about...Secondly, the h appeared bossy and weak. She initiated the arrangement having no illusions from the H as to what the expectations were but she was ready to bail when she felt she that she wanted the H to be in love with her although the H loved her, and treated her well and tried to make the marriage good for her. She didn't seem to have much regard for his position as a pastor and the efforts he was making. She seemed weak. Thirdly, the h was insecure and an introvert. This aspect of her character never evolved into something better. The author tried to show development of the H although limited because it was only at the end but we didn't get to see a character progression from the h.