Review: Finding the love of your life...through a classified?!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2013
Could love, based off of a lie, turn into the real deal? That’s what the book, “Wanted: Wife” by Lacey Wolfe tries to prove to the reader. In the book we find Darcy White down on her luck and coming to the realization that the growing mountain of bills and a possible eviction is just not going to evaporate into thin air. So what does she do? She answers a HELP WANTED ad to get herself back on track. And boy, is this ad a doozy:“Wanted: Wife$1,000 weekly and all expense paid...”Now, like any reasonablely sane person you are going to have your misgivings and concerns, but with just having closed down her restaurant and parents that have completely cut her off...what more does she have to lose? Enter Steven McDonald, the cutie that placed the ad! Steven is close to running his grandad’s apple orchard company. In order to do so his granddad wants him to settle down and start a family. After Darcy answers the ad and they have a meeting they decide to give this “charade” a go. I think what makes it easy for them to make this happen is because they knew of each other many years ago in high school. Each having a crush on the other, but never acting on it because they both ran in different crowds.I found this book to be such a fun and interesting read. Is it possible for two people who are faking it to actually fall in love? This book proves anything is possible. A few things that I felt were off with the book was that they barely had any conflict. Not every relationship needs to be filled with drama or angst. Just kind of found it hard to believe they played house so easily without any bit of disagreement. Before my hubby and I married, we played house and let me tell you, it wasn’t easy! Another thing that bothered me with the book, was that I felted a bit disconnected with the characters, Steven and Darcy. Liked I mentioned in my previous review, “Three Daves”. Third person narration always seems to throw me off. I love hearing from either the male or female POV. I feel like I truly get to know the characters and how they feel inside and out when the story is told in either point of view.Darcy and Steven were a good book couple. Darcy is funny, witty and a strong character, loved her. Steven is handsome, confident and with a bit of alpha in him (yay!). They made the author’s story rather enjoyable and a fun read. However two people fall in love shouldn’t matter. The fact that they know in their hearts that the love they share is geniune and pure is what’s most important. Overall, a sweet and fun story. 3  stars from me!SMIBookClub received an ARC of Wanted: Wife in exchange for an honest review.