Review: Lina Breaks Her Own Rule and a Heartwarming Romance Follows
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2011
I received this book as a giveaway prize and I was so thrilled because of the synopsis that explained it.It was such a delightful read.  'Heartsent' was heartwarming for me.  The sweet romance(though big misunderstanding in the end section causes one to groan at the trouble it causes), humor (opening story had me laughing out loud as it unfolded), and family relationship themes both within the firehouse group and Kevin's family made for a good read.  There were all the ingredients of a good romance without dark situations, sex, or strong language.I loved the characters and even the secondary characters were individual and well written. It took me a while to warm up to Lina.  At first I didn't get her and thought she didn't deserve such a nice guy, but then her back history started to come out making sense of her issues. And the big thing that caused me to warm up to her was her willingness to change and grow.Now Kevin, the hero, I was in love with him and wanted to bring him home.  He sounds so awesome to me- hard worker, trustworthy, loyal, responsible, funny, and smart.  He has a little growing to do, but his learning curve isn't as much as the heroine's.  I liked how the hero had to adjust from having strong opinions which had him radiating disapproval to trying to be understanding and work at the relationship.His mom, his niece, and their paramedic co-worker were great with what they added to the story.I like the backdrop with their career in firefighting to add a little danger and the balloon hobby- very different.  The plot of a budding romance with the twist of an unexpected baby in the picture was good.  The baby being an orphan and born after a long time effort on her sister's part made for an interesting dynamic.There were only two things (that are probably just me so ignore this paragraph if you like) that I am not as enthusiastic about.  One is how it seemed that the hero kept having falling deeper in love moments.  I kind of get it- he's seeing more to like or she's even better than he thought when he said it before so now he thinks it again.  He claims to be in love almost from the moment the story gets off the ground- literally (all this is kept to himself of course- no professions of love until later also involving a scare during a balloon flight).I also did have a few 'how can she not understand his motives' moments where I wanted to thump her because there were a few references to how they were such intuitive partners at work that must have clocked out with her once they were home.I think this is an excellent read for anyone who loves sweet contemporary romances.  Recommend!!!!