Review: Pretentious Much???
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
This book had the potential to be good, but I don't know what happened.Abby was once married to a famous artist named Benedict who died at a young age. The day after he died, Abby meets and sleeps with Ryan who she happens to get pregnant by. She decides to pass the child (Trish) off as her late husbands because no one knows about Ryan.At a gallery showing for her late husbands artwork, Abby is bombarded with questions and comments from all of these pretentious and fake people trying to keep Ben's memory alive. One of the worse ones is Hans Bunian. Hans is also an artist that her late husband Ben admired and that she made the Godfather to her daughter.Hans convinces Abby that her daughter should become a artist and has her taking art lessons and creating art. Hans is also a Bully, who acts more like the child is his instead of hers. Abby doesn't seem to have a backbone and allows Hans not only to bully her but, also her daughter.10 years after their first encounter, Abby sees Ryan again at the Gallery and immediately tried to avoid him because she doesn't want him to find out about his daughter. After a few encounters, Ryan figures out that Trish is his daughter and decides that he isn't going to allow Hans to continue to Bully his daughter or Abby.Ryan is a refreshing part of the book, the only part that I really liked.This story was so unrealistic, I mean who allows not only them self but, also their own child to be bullied by someone when all that they have to do is break all contact with them?