Review: A Story with Depth
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
I enjoyed this book very much, and only baulked at giving it a 5 star rating because I found the ending too abrupt.The characters were well written, and the point of conflict very credible.I am not going to regurgitate the story here - if you are like me, you like to read a book and discover the story and its twists and turns for yourself, and frankly, I have never understood why people need to summarise the story when they should be writing a review which is entirely different.What I really liked about this story was the fullness with which the author fleshed out her characters for us - the way she showed them to us, warts and all, without telling us in words of one syllable what they were like.  She created people I could believe in; people I would have liked to befriend if they were indeed flesh and blood creatures walking the planet today.I liked the way the author showed us the characters by peeling back the layers, one after the other; this well paced exposition of back story in no way inhibited the pace of the story, but for me at least, created a steadily growing understanding and empathy with the characters, along with a steadily growing desire to see them resolve their conflict and achieve their HEA.The resolution did not rely on the convenience of others, but the dawning insight of the h and H themselves, and their own integrity in confronting their past mistakes.Take all this, and wrap it up in a story that was based on the social mores and attitudes of the time, and you have a compelling and thoroughly enjoyable read.My only disappointment was the ending was just much too abrupt and could have been handled far better.