Review: Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2013
Nick grew up doubting if anybody has ever loved him.  Not even his first wife was able to show and give him the love that he used to seek from people he cared.  Aside from his sister, he has not experienced being loved by anybody else.  Got tossed from one foster home to the next, he tried hard to be loved by people who are supposed to take care of him.  But he came to a conclusion that those people only took him for the monetary benefit it would give them.  With this in mind, I felt, his main reason for ever thinking that everything can be bought, even the family that he so craved for.Claire grew up an only child but never in one day experience loneliness or neglect by her parents.  She grew up loved by both parents and seeing personally how her parents loved each other as well.  Tragedy has made her see the very importance of love in the family, as her mother suffered too much from the loss of her father and how it made Clare become stronger for her mother.  She struggled to give back the love to her mother even if she knows sometimes that it is futile.  However, she did not lose hope that one day her mother will come back to her the way she used to be.Nick's stubbornness almost lost him the chance to find the family and love he longed so much.  Good thing that Claire has more sense to not let new love/ life come too soon.  On a timely manner Nick came to his senses to save everything.Some points I didn't like though is the concept of 'Bridgette' as someone who dreamt of Nick and Claire as her parents.  The author should've used a younger 'Bridgette'.  It got me thinking differently on Nick's intentions when he got mad when Claire took her.  The explanation at the end on why didn't get that much merit and sounded so shallow.  I also would've liked it better if Nick and Claire were finally granted a child at the end.All in all story is heartwarming and could even make you cry.  I also liked Tim for Claire... Unfortunately, Claire is still in love with Nick.