Review: sweet read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I like, like, like this book! Marly's back home and realizes she's "adopted" her mother's dream, living the bright lights big city world vicariously for her mom. I really loved the candid honesty about the Mother Daughter relationship: Marly's sense of independence, the "real" kinds of sacrifices Angelique had to make to accommodate Marly, the trust issues passed from mother to daughter, and Marly's final realization about what was right for her. Also the tension between striking out in the "real" world and enjoying the comforts of home. For me, the romance ALMOST took a backseat to the relationship between mom and daughter, as Marly's unrequited crush on the hero related to her bucking her mother's influence and "claiming" her man. Her suspicion of Drake was understandable, but she does a total turnaround when she begs him to sleep w. her: this was the only plot leap I had trouble with. The final scene is v. cute. I really enjoyed the honesty between Marly and Drake in the truck when they shared takeout......some of the other scenes between them were a bit more trite/had less nuance. The other thing I liked is that this author referred to some of the Copper Mountain locales without overdoing it.......sparing the reader yet another scene about the chocolate shop........All in all, a SUPER addition to the excitement around the "Great Wedding Giveaway"!!