Review: Ambivalent
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
Firstly, this book is not bad in any way. It is warm and loving in many aspects; a romance story with a difference twist, in the "woman finding herself" genre.Any book which has animals included and a vet as the main character is appealing to me and this is why I originally bought Finding Isadora. I liked her animals, I liked her parents, I liked the hero - I even liked Richard - but I felt that Isadora was self-absorbed and judgemental. Her constant rehashing of her dilemma unfortunately had the effect of slowing down the action. I also felt that the age gap between her and the hero was too wide. He could have been a fair bit younger...but I won't comment further on this, but leave the thought to fester in the minds of those who decide to read the book.The story should have satisfied all my criteria without any trouble, but I couldn't feel right about the fast turn around in who hooked up with who. The ending was unsatisfying because it left so many loose ends. I don't want to give a spoiler - many people enjoyed this book, and hopefully many more will - but I will say that it finished so abruptly that I was left feeling cheated. It is a measure perhaps of the author's skill that I wanted to know more.