Review: Not a Romance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
It wasn't pleasant at all. The novel opens and we meet 40 year old Andi who has been mentally abused her whole life, first by her Dad. At age 19 she is date raped and ends up marrying her abuser because she became pregnant. Richard belittles her every day of her life until she snaps when their daughter  gets ready to leave for college (chapter one). Three years later chapter 2 opens with Andi desperately trying to keep it together on student loans (not sure about the divorce settlement from Richard, they were a well to do couple). Her daughter is a junior in college and Andi is trying to navigate her way to a whole new person. Andi totally had my empathy but her life was unpleasant and I never got to know her as a person, I felt incomplete by the end of the book and the characters more so.  It looks like all the reviewers loved it. So my recommendation would be read the sample and if it reads great to you you should love it. I found a review that might be helpful if you are on the fence about this one, search - 'Lena reviews Andi Unwrapped by Riley Adair Garret'.