Review: A very real, heartwarming love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
First, let me start by saying Lydia Michaels never fails to impress me, but I'll be honest, I didn't think I could like this book more than I did Sacred Waters, the first book in the McCullough Mountain series. Boy was I wrong!Skin is fantastic! I savored every moment of the story, so much so that, while I could have easily finished the book in a day, I purposefully only read chunks at a time to draw it out as long as I could.Mallory is EVERY woman. No matter your age or size, the reader will identify with her insecurities and her struggles to stop listening to her negative inner dialog. And Finn is just plain adorable. The devotion he feels toward his family and Mallory is only surpassed by his humility. He's just an all around, genuinely decent guy who happens to be drop dead gorgeous... a very rare combination in most romance novels.Despite what the media would have us believe, life is not about being perfect. It's about finding, and reveling in the beauty that only comes from within. It's about finding your own unique strength in your perceived imperfections. Skin, at its essence, delivers that message in a wonderfully woven love story. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, but it's far from only being skin deep.