Review: Pass (2 Stars)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
We begin the novel in medias res (or in the middle) with the main character, Grace, going into labor with her children and her beloved partner (who re-names un-named) by her side.Then we quickly go back to a year earlier when she is celebrating her birthday with her long-time boyfriend Mark and their closet friends. We find out that Grace is feeling pressured by Mark to have a baby though she rather they actually get married first.It took me a long time to formulate what I had a problem with in this novel. I think the main problem that I found was that not only did the plot just border on the ridiculous throughout, but when we get to the climax and ending it just turned into a downright unbelievable novel.For Ms. Downing to write the character of Mark and her relationships with her girlfriends the way she did and then have the ending she wrote was just flat out trying to tie a bow on things to make it a happy ending (where none is deserved).In the end I didn't care for the main protagonist (she complains a lot about her life though she has it pretty well) and with my attention waning, I started wishing that I had selected another novel to read.I think there were certain elements there to make it into a good book but certain things would have to be re-worked to make it believable to readers who would want to read more by this author one day.