Review: Not One of the Best
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
This is another installment in the Last Chance series.  In this book, we see Hannah and Jake fall in love and end up together.  The Matheson’s are at it again.  I like the book and it was a pretty easy read.  However, I think the depiction of the Matteson family was less than stellar.  How anyone would ever want to be part of this dysfunctional group is beyond me.  Holt Matheson is a bully, a jerk and not a good example of a loving father.  In addition to forcing Jake and Hannah to act based on a stupid threat, he encourages his other sons to fight among themselves and does little to show how he ever got to the position of patriarch in this family. It amazed me that someone could show a father who would rather see his son in an unhappy marriage just to keep the Matheson line going rather than show the maturity to know that any marriage based on such an absurd premise is doomed from the get-go and could cause his son, not to mention his son’s wife, years of unhappiness and possibly financial ruin. What a “marvelous” example he sets for his sons! It is no wonder they are, for the most part, the jerks they are.  His wife doesn’t deserve much credit either, since she obviously has put up with this for many years—yes, a wife can change a husband, though not easily. The other sons are not presented much better—even Jake has some problems dealing with the situations. Jake’s Hannah also allows herself to be intimidated and bullied by Holt—another good example of a present day, strong woman! On top of that, she aspires to be a vet.  I am not sure she has the wherewithal or maturity to deal with schooling and/or the career she so dearly wants.  I have read the other books in the series.  This one, while entertaining, has some rather preposterous underlying themes and puts them forth in a somewhat immature manner. I am not sure why the author did this, except to show just how ridiculous her thought processes can be or how difficult it can be to create plot after plot after plot.  Perhaps the time to end the series has come and gone. Needless to say, I was disappointed with this book, as I enjoyed the others I read.  They all are based on rather preposterous assumptions and/or themes, but his one is by far the wildest.  I think a reader looking for pure escapism might like this one. It is definitely and easy read.  I received this from Library Thing to read and review.