Review: Damaged dog needs healing - and so does damaged human....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
First, a confession: I am an unapologetic dog person and dog-rescues, fact and fiction alike, instantly have me hooked.This book was essentially a good one. With dog rescuing as its peg, it offered insight into damaged humans and animals alike ... and showed how things can go wrong even with the best of intentions. It also underlined that mistakes can usually be corrected.Protagonists Marlo, Justice, and Adam are well-drawn, and as is wont in a healing atmosphere, all benefit from their bonds with one another. The plot moves along well to an acceptable if a bit too convenient conclusion.So, why did I deduct a star? Frankly, neither the point of departure nor the ending were convincing. While a series of mistakes can easily lead to the euthanization of any number of animals (I've no problem accepting that part), sadly there are a sufficiently large number of horrifically maltreated animals whose rehabilitation can be studied not to have to rely on any one dog. So the idea of a research project dependent on a single dog was over the top.As far as the ending is concerned, too many unexpected events come together all of a sudden ..... half of them would have worked but not all.Kvetching notwithstanding, I really did like to book and recommend it to both animal lovers and romance fans. If you're both, all the better...