Review: Unsuitable Commitment?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2013
I will admit to feeling a certain amount of dread and anxiety when I learned that Ms. Forrester was going to revisit Tracy and Brendan in this novella. In my mind as `Unsuitable Men' left off, Tracy and Brendan were living happily ever after. Well as happily as any of Nia's characters can be. As you may know if you've read any of her full length novels, Ms. Forrester doesn't just want you to enjoy the love and romance between the main characters but to appreciate their own personal journey which can also sometimes be painful to watch. Tracy's journey was probably the most prolific of her characters in my opinion and so when "Unsuitable" left off, I was happy for her and in her finding the love of her life. But I suppose, all does not always end well, (and Nia will tell you she writes women-centered fiction not romance) because Tracy and Brendan's full length novel ended in a way that you could just imagine their happiness, it also left room for reality...I have to give it to Nia, she weaves a wonderful, powerful story of real, complex, complicated characters...that we grow to love and feel connected to. So while I dreaded revisiting this pair, I'd hoped that what I'd find about their lives would make me love them even more. And I do. `Maybe Never' takes place after about a 1.5 years have passed. Both Tracy and Brendan have stayed true to their character yet, you can see the natural progression you would expect from them being in a long term committed relationship. Problem is, is the commitment they have enough for Tracy and has Brendan truly resolved all his feelings in regards to Tracy's tumultuous personality? In the end, I must say, the anxiety was worth it. It was emotional and held me until the very end which is nothing less than what I expected. I was not disappointed with this glimpse and I would implore any fan or newcomer to Ms. Forrester's work, to take a glimpse too.