Review: I want my own Viggo!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
4.25 starsPaul has spent the last eight months in England recovering from a fall from Gullfoss Falls (is that even possible?).  After this long recovery he is left with a limp and short term loss memory.  He can't remember anything that happened during his one year living in Iceland.  But it is now time to go back to Iceland and Paul's return brings him a lot of frustration and confusion.  He can't remember anyone of his friends, colleagues or anything that happened.I think JL Merrow did a great job at portraying Paul's frustration, confusion and loss in confidence from his short term memory loss.  I found myself wanting to reach out and shake him and tell him to "just ask what happened already!"  Anyway, I could really feel the frustration.I also found myself at times a bit broken hearted because of Viggo.  Paul feels Viggo is familiar to him and can't deny their attraction, and well he doesn't.  These two jump in bed fairly quickly after Paul gets back even though Paul doesn't really "know" him (well, remember him really).  But it broke my heart a bit to see that things to Viggo mean more than to Paul originally and he restraints his feelings for Paul to give each other a new start.All I want to say is that I loved this book because I loved Viggo even though we don't learn very much about him.  But we do learn that he is a lonely, caring and sweet guy.This book also gets the thumbs up from me for poking fun to Icelandic, British and American cultures.  The jabs are subtle but they are there and I enjoyed them.