Review: 3.5 stars! An emotional ride with an amazing hero!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
I knew going in there was going to be some drama and emotional upheaval with a title like that. And whew, yeah, it's a tear jerker as two families try to deal with a hospital mix up that sent two little girls home with the wrong families years earlier.Reece was my favorite part of the story despite how badly he comes off in the blurb he's really a great guy. He's been lost in a world of grief after his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident and finding out his biological daughter is out there and alive does him in. He wants to be a part of her life. To get to know her and be there for her. I felt for his struggles and how torn he was between his two sets of families--between betraying the memory of his wife and daughter and finding happiness with his biological daughter and the woman who raised her and he's attracted to. He's stable, realistic and just a good man who wants to do the right thing. I absolutely loved all of the moments between him and his biological daughter as they got to know each other. They're so incredibly sweet together and had me tearing up often.Taylor though I had trouble with. I felt for her. For the loss of her biological child and the fear of losing the child she'd raised but I just didn't like her or how she seemed to make everything about her and how hard it was for her. Because of negative past experience she always seemed to be looking for the worst in Reece and that got to me after a while especially after seeing his character and that he wanted to be there for both of them and make a life with them.Even though Taylor hit some major buttons for me overall I really did enjoy The Switched Baby Scandal. The storyline, the relationship between Reece and his little girl, the struggles to find something good out of a horrible situation. I loved all of that. And I enjoyed Meyers' actual writing style and loved how she portrayed the little girl--few authors really write children well and she did an excellent job. The story moved nicely and was easy to fall into and will have me coming back for more despite my heroine woes.