Review: This novella surprised me...in a good way
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
Originally published on Tales to Tide You OverThis novella is a sweet romance about overcoming the past and taking a chance on love. It tackles the hard question of belief in yourself through two different perspectives, Leo and Serena, the lead characters. In both their cases, trust and confidence has been systematically crushed numerous times in their lives by people who have a lot in common with other character, Serena by over-privileged jocks and Leo by academics. The situation in the novella looks to both of them like more of the same, for very good, viable reasons. Serena and Leo have much to figure out and it’s beautiful watching them do so. It’s not a miscommunication story but rather one in which the secret is too big to tell, and too big to hold back.I can’t tell you much more without undermining the complexity but I will say the prologue, while setting up the placement, does not indicate the tenor of the story to come. The prologue is about three committed bachelor billionaires who are all about the high-flying life, enough that the challenge to not fall in love with a helicopter for a prize seems reasonable. This did not appeal all that much. I’m glad I kept going though, because the novella is not about rich people throwing around their money. Instead, it focuses on Leo trying to make good on a promise to his friend Miles. The promise is much more complicated than his friend could have imagined because of something that Leo has admitted to no one, but which is deeply tied to why he left England, where he’s titled and rich, to start over in New York.P.P.S. I got this title from the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review.