Review: good story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2012
Pieces of You is an entertaining story, lots of subplots and the characters are intriguing. Quinn Burnes was deserted by his mother when he was only 15 years old, a particularly vulnerable time for a young boy.  Because of his mother's betrayal, Quinn doesn't let any woman get to close, until he meets Evie, a woman running from an abusive husband.  That's the main plot of Mary Campisi's romance novel.While I know that romance novels aren't supposed to entertain without making you think too hard(which is why they appeal to me), I wished there were more about Quinn's mother.  I never understood/sympathized with this stupid woman, who deserted her kids one day because she wanted to paint/find-herself/whatever--to the point of not even wanting her to appear on the page.  When she comes back into Quinn and his sister's life, because of selfish reasons, I was even more disgusted by her.  I noticed that this book is part of a trilogy which is good, because it would take a whole novel for me to even warm up to this woman.All of that aside, Pieces of You is a very good romance novel.  I loved Quinn, the perfect hero.  He takes care of his father who falls apart about after his wife leaves him one day (for no reason, and here I go again . . .), and his younger sister who now suffers from panic attacks.  Campisi is s very good writer and I'm hoping she writes another book with these characters so I can understand why Quinn's mother left her family.One other thing that bugged me while reading this novel are the names.  We have an Eve and an Evie, and a Anna, and an Annalise.  I found that when I'd leave this book for a few days, and then pick it back up, I'd be somewhat confused as to who was who.  This is the third book I've seen this in.  Please authors, get a phone book, a baby book or something, and make your characters different from each other.