Review: don't read this review
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
Don't read this review if my opinion is going to upset you.  This is just my preference in books and has nothing to do with the book, the author, etc.  I really wanted to like this book.  He a famous writer goes back to his high school hometown to get the girl that got away.  She is a total ninny.  I just could not find one thing to like about her.  she is a few classes from becoming a doctor and she quits and walks away because it is not what she wants.  I can sympathize with that and am ok with it.  It happens.  You think you want one thing and then find out it is not for you.  However, she lets everyone n her family tell her what to do and how she is doing it wrong.  Now she has an enormous debt from student loans, so her family has obviously NOT paid her way to all the schooling that she has.  She is very smart in academics, much smarter than the whole family combined but THEY KNOW BEST.  And she allows it.  Even her old grandmother tells her what she cannot do under any circumstances.  She is 26 by the way.Then there is her sister.  A slut, oops, I mean a free spirit that just sleeps with every male she comes across.  That is a good trait in this girl.  She is a total bit-h.  She puts the heroine down with every breath that leaves her body and the heroine puts up with it.  Allows her to embarrass her, belittle her, etc. and she doesn't do a thing to stop it.  Just feels beat up and crawls into her shell. I realize not everyone is strong enough to stand up for themselves but get a grip everyone gets mad once in a while and let's loose.  Not our heroine.Back to the heroine.  she is scared of everything.  She is so wrapped up in fear that she can hardly move.  Now she has been diagnosed with anxiety disorder so maybe that is part of it.  BUT do something about it.  Don't just wallow in the disorder as an excuse for not living.I quit reading this one.  There is a bit mystery in this one.  Something is wrong with the hero.  Not sure what.  But he seems determined to do himself in.  Alcohol plays a part.  I get so tired of books that the characters can't seem to exist without a bottle of wine to get them through the day, night, or whatever.  It is like alcohol just makes the night, etc.  He has been warned not to drink a drop, not one.  I am going to assume it would interfere with his medication, don't know for sure because I didn't get that far.  Now he is with the love of his life, he has waited 10 years for this.  DO NOT DRINK.  And he pours a glass of champagne to just have a small taste, but 3 glasses later I closed the Kindle.  It just makes me so angry.  I read a book to feel good when it is over.  I like two strong characters working through their issues and finally seeing the light and coming tougher.  I can't handle a heroine with no spine.  and when alcohol is on every page like you cannot have a good life, episode, etc. without a bottle of wine to get you through it, I give up.  This book was just not for me.  I'm sure there are lots of readers that will enjoy it.  I just wantedto wring the neck of most characters and that is not a good thing.  So, I am moving on.  PLEASE, just read this book for yourself and you decide if it is up for you. Hopefully it will have a HEA.