Review: 3.5 Stars from me...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2014
** I received an ARC for an honest review**Okay let me just get right into the nitty gritty. I just did not connect with this story or the characters as I would have liked to. Don't get me wrong, I did have all the appropriate responses in all the appropriate places, but something was just lacking for me. I think things were a little choppy at times and just didn't flow as smoothly as I would have wanted. There were a lot of inconsistencies throughout the story that really distracted me and made me lose interest at times. I did not like that at times Daniel was called Dan or that it would just switch back and forth. There really wasn't enough backstory to Daniel until the very end so it made it a little harder to connect with him. Genevieve's character was just too waffling for me, but that is understandable considering what she went through. I just did not LOVE their characters. I did not care for Genevieve's mothers characters personality it too seemed a tad inconsistent especially when she was mentioned in the beginning before deployment. There were just a lot of things that did not fit together for me.Now with all the bad stuff out of the way let me get to the things that I did like.I liked the premise of the story. It was very emotional at times and those scenes were really well written and did draw the appropriate emotions from me. I am not usually one for the older woman and younger man relationships, but this one really worked. Daniels character was so sweet and understanding of Genevieve and her situation that is made up for the lacking parts just a bit. I liked that Genevieve was a very devoted mother considering what she had been through. I did like that Genevieve's friends were there throughout the story and didn't just fall right out of the book. Everything was addressed and nothing left flapping in the wind.Just because this book wasn't a 5 star for me doesn't mean it won't be for you. I know it is different than most of HM Wards books and I went into it with that mind set, but it just wasn't my favorite.