Review: An honest and mature romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
I actually liked this book quite a lot.  I thought it was honest and mature in its approach to adult relationships.  Yeah, the protagonist commits adultery and that's a not something I condone, but it's also a really human thing.I think I appreciated most how the protagonist developed self-awareness bit by bit.  It took time, over the course of the novel, for the main character to come to terms with her sexuality and her family responsibility.  I liked the incremental development of the romantic plot.Some of the other reviewers mention the improbability of two heterosexual women connecting without any prior thoughts about lesbianism or sex with another woman.  I get that, but people reach self-awareness in different ways, and I didn't think it was an impossible scenario.I liked all the details, and I would have liked even more details about Juliana and her architectural designs (I also would have liked a few more erotic details, but that's just me!).The only reason I deducted one star was I thought the novel's pacing was bogged down in just a few places.  But overall, I liked this book.  Oh, and the character of Cheryl was hilarious.  She was my favorite.