Review: Don't waste your time
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2012
I enjoy reading independent authors because discovering a really good new author is such a great surprise. When I read independent authors, sometimes I find grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, word choice problems. All of those are very fixable and if I really like the story, the characters, the chemistry, I'll shoot the author an e-mail and tell him/her about it so they can fix it. I won't do that with this book.Forgotten Father by Carol Rose has an interesting premise, but I disliked this book intensely, mostly because the hero is a misogynistic a$$hole. I read the book on my iPhone and there were so many times I wanted to throw my phone up against the wall when I read Mitchell talk about how all women are money-grubbing whores. The author had the good sense to not actually use that word in the text, but it's strongly suggested on more than one occasion. I'm getting mad again just writing about it. He had no redeeming qualities whatsoever and did not deserve the heroine at all. I grumbled "idiot" to myself about him as I read it probably 30 times.Delanie wasn't the best heroine either. She was just OK. I recognize the author was attempting to make her a multi-faceted character, but she came off as a bit like a person who has multiple personality disorder might be portrayed. It seemed incongruous that she was a smooth-talking situation smoother and then not be able to verbally defend herself. The resolution was too-pat and too fast. I realize people can have aha! moments and change, but given the depth of Mitchell's hatred of women, it was not well-done at all.I should also add that one of my least favorite storylines is The Misunderstanding.If you really like that type of story, you might like the book, but characters who don't communicate well and continually misinterpret each other's actions irritates me at best and angers me at worst. If you couldn't tell, this one angered me. I do not recommend this book and I'm not sure I'd read another of her books, at least for a while, hopefully I'll forget this book soon.Sensuality: a few sex scenes, not terribly graphic, decently writtenRating: 1 starFor other reviews, feel free to visit melodysbookshelf.com