Review: Had issues, but the writing was good
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
I very much agree with Mary L. Valley's review of this one.  I was highly conflicted.  It was a page turner, even though I had definite issues with it. I'm still not sure why I liked it. So much was piled on the heroine.  It definitely smacked of victim blaming.  The H said he had regrets, but then turned around and blamed the heroine for being a horrible person for leaving their daughter.  IMHO that was horribly unfair.  She was 18 yrs old and the pregnancy was forced on her, along with a lot of other trauma.  The h was traumatized and clinically depressed, which the author did a great job of illustrating.Oddly, I didn't hate the H. He had some good qualities that the author was able to bring out.  He loved the daughter and raised her well.  He was also understanding of the heroine in lots of ways and took care of her property/inheritance while she was away.  He didn't shirk his responsibility for what happened to her, but he also had unrealistic expectations of her at the same time.I do wish there had been more info about the 'before' part.  There were so many unanswered questions.  When/how did they fall in love?  How exactly did the H treat her before/after the truth about the accident came out?  It was all so vague.