Review: A Book I can recommend
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
I received the book from the Touring Host for an honest review.This was definitely a different and unexpected romance story. A story of manipulation, selfishness and surprises. For the first time I am really struggling with rating this book.It is well written, grabs the attention from a unique point of view. But yet it is a slow read, struggling to really connect with Ollie, the main character of the book. Maybe it is because it is written by a man, and I do not mean this in a negative way. Men can be very romantic and creative, but I think because of the way it was written, I really struggled with the book, at first. It was only the last 30 pages that I really could understand the author's writing, making sense of the plot.Yes, the plot did surprise me at the end. When I first read the synopsis and saw the cover, I thought it would be a thriller but that was not the case. Far from it. It is written with the greatest of care and compassion actually. You enter the world of caregivers that helps disabled people doing the most mundane tasks just to cope in the everyday world, things that we take for granted, doing it without thought. You are touched by Marie and Greg's stories as it unfolds within the book, creating interesting scenes. Really getting to know Ollie and Lynn.Ollie was a young man that was dumped by his girl friend, and on the very same day it happened, he met Sparks. Now this was a colorful fellow. I had no idea where to place him or what to think of him. But yet in his subtle way he steered Ollie into the right direction, helping Joy and Scott at the end and find much more than he bargained for.An interesting story with many surprises in store for the reader and a book I can recommend.