Review: I laughed, I cried, I held my breath, I cried some more...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2012
Oh my gosh.  This is so not my kind of book- I read fantasy and historical fiction, romance if it has one of those elements.  Contemporary fiction never catches my eye.I also don't tend to get Indie books without a lot of reviews unless they are right up my alley- I have been burned by quid pro quo reviews too often.This book was on a free book blog, though, and caught my eye because I am long time married with older kids like the focus of this book.  I also liked the idea of focusing on the consequences of love, not just the flowers and hearts.I just read it in one setting, and wow- what a story.  This author has a talent for characters, motivations, and changing things up.  Just when you think you understand the situation based on one person's viewpoint, you find another story entirely from someone else's.  It You start to think you know who the good guys and bad guys are, then you wonder.  Which is the entire point of the book, I guess.Anyway, it follows a man who leaves his wife after meeting his true love.  He does what so many men do, leaving his wife and children so he can follow his dream unburdened.  Is he the bad guy?  But the ex wife takes it badly, doesn't take care of business, and the  suffer.  Is she the bad guy?  The other woman is just love struck, no bad guy there.  The author purposefully lets you in on details about the people that make it impossible to see them as either heroes or villains.In the end, I still hated the dad for abandoning his kids, and thought he was a philandering jerk, but saw why his paramour loved him anyway.  And then ... well, read it and find out!