Review: Has the right elements but missing a little something
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2012
I am a huge fan of Christian fiction and love a good romance story.  I wanted to love this book.  I thought the cover was cute.  As for the book, it was pretty hit and miss for me.  I think that this is a very sweet story and in the beginning I was really getting into reading it.  As I continued reading the book just never seemed to touch my emotions or stir up any excitement.  I think the author is trying to create excitement in the book through some of the scenes toward the end with an incident at the assisted living facility (where Gracie works) and her own battle with self esteem coming between her believing true love can happen for her.  I don't believe the way these scenes are currently written would cause most readers to feel that sense of anxiousness about these situations that is really part of a good book.  Thus, you kind of plod through the book happy to see two people together in a nice relationship surrounded by a bunch of nice friends and family members.  It's just a nice, cute story but dont' expect to feel on the edge of your seat about anything that happens in the book.  I wish the book could have touched my emotions just a bit.  If you are in the mood for a feel good book with little conflict this is it.  All of the elements are there if the author could just tweak the book a bit.  I think this one has potential.  You could definitely give this book to a young adult and feel comfotable with the content.