Review: mixed feelings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
Hold on Tight, A Loveswept Contemporary Romance, Serena BellReview from Jeannie Zelos book reviewsWell, it is what it says, a short and sweet romance. Sometimes I think I'm looking for things that aren't in the genre I’ve chosen, and I guess that's what happened here. It's a gentle romance, no great drama but there are lots of problems to overcome. What I did like was the parts where Jake was struggling to pick up his life again, after the amputation. As an AKA myself I can empathise with how tough that can be, and how it needs a different mindset. I'd dream about something, get up next day, fix leg on and try it and ...it wasn't possible. You have to learn yourself what will work and what won't. Jakes describing taking off his false limb at one point though and ...it seems to be a suction limb – which wouldn't need the sock inserts, they stick to skin and need to have close contact, then he's talking about the silicone sheath, so he must be a low AK, hence his ability to run etc – mine is  a high AK, and one consultant suggested a suction sheath would solve my fitting problems, my prosthetist thought it wouldn't work – but, knowing we need to find that out for ourselves, he duly made me one. Well, the comfort was fantastic, unfortunately the minute I stood up it fell off....you need most of your limb for it to fit, and I have only 4 inches of bone so for me :-( but that's what I mean about how we need to learn ourselves what works and Jake is finding that out. The down-set he was in mentally improved once he began to find what he could do, and not focus on what was lost and that's just so, so true and really worked well. I don't know if Serena has family, friends, work experience in this field but she's spot on with that.So, the practical side – even down to finding what works with sex! Been there done that...was excellent, its just that the actual romance was a bit soft, a bit tame for me. I needed a bit more deep drama, but felt it was very “all works well” feel to it instead. Even when things went wrong it still felt to me as though I knew it would work, that there were no real barriers holding out. So its a mixed bag to rate. Practical stuff, the emotions connected to amputation and rehab, a  good four but the romance I’d give a three....Stars: like I said, mixed feelings but overall a three and a half.ARC supplied via Netgalley