Review: Ok but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
This plot had all the markings of a good story.  However, I had a few problems.  The 21 year old sister acted like a 13 year old.  She was way to immature for a 21 year old.  So, she sort of rubbed me the wrong way.  The heroine was the oldest sister, left to take care of her 3 younger sisters when their parents were killed.  She acted like she was 50 and their grandmother rather than a sister.  The grandfather stepped in and gave them a home, etc. so he was in on the raising as well.The book stressed how she gave up her life to take care of the sisters.  Fine and good, but the love of her life that she gave up was a sorry excuse for a man and was part rat to boot.  I didn't see that she gave up anything.  She also seemed to be very immature for her age.A STAR country singer comes to town and right away gets the hots for her.  She acts like some hillbilly backwoods female.  Constantly putting him down and making fun of him.  What he saw in her was beyond me.  I never saw it and wondered time and time again why he didn't say good bye and look elsewhere. I didn't pick up on any chemistry at all between the two.  Of course, he was the hero to die for.Eventually she gives in to her lust for him and he is mad for her.  He writes a song just for her stating how much he loves her and how wonderful she is and he sings it to her at a local concert. She is moved beyond words, starts walking toward the stage, their eyes meet and caught up in the moment he leaves the stage to offer her a ring and a proposal.  OMG you would have thought he shot her in the head the way she acted and the family joined in. He HUMILIATED her in front of a crowd.  Now, get this.  He is the hottest thing going in the country music world, he is 5 years younger, hotter than hot, and he proposed with a 3K diamond ring and she is HUMILIATED because he did it in front of others.  Really?She is so outdone she won't speak to him, her lawyer sister threatens to sue him if he tries to see her, and yet he continues to go after her.  REALLY?  I just didn't get it.  Then the heroine starts going from one immature thought to another. It seems everybody is making him out to be the bad guy when he has done nothing wrong.  Again, REALLY.  I was really rooting for him to put this small town in his rearview mirror and head back to Nashville and save himself. Now here was the finally stupid act.  She was living in a small cabin by the river, barely holds 3 adults.  He has the ranch right NEXT DOOR, with lots of bedrooms and plenty of space to raise children, etc.  She refuses to leave the cabin because of it being her home, etc. REALLY? If you like immature, snarky heroines, then you will probably like this book.  For me it was just too many negatives.