Review: Starts Sloooooooooowly, But Is Worth The Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2012
This is a short novelette about Rachael and Ethan re-developing their marriage in the aftermath of the events in the  novel "The Darkest Hour".  (Rachael was discovered to be alive and held captive in South America, after a year in which her husband believed she had died in a plane crash.  Her captors kept her toasted on drugs and she had lost both her memory and a significant portion of her identity.)CONS:1)  It starts out slooooooooooooowly.2)  Ethan overcompensates for his previous relationship sins to the point that he could be construed as overbearing and/or abusive.  Constantly demanding his wife text him when she arrives anywhere, and trying to control all her movements is dancing in bad mojo land.3)  Rachael's past wasn't mentioned.  Her parents died, and she came to live with the Kellys as a young teen, which is an important aspect to her relationship with the Kelly family, being both married to one of them, and raised as a foster sister to the rest would have a tendency to affect your perspective.3)  Rachael is a public school teacher.  HER QUOTE: "Me and the babies are fine,".  AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!  I noted in my kindle "Did she forget her native tongue?"  Come on!  How did that slip past the editor?PROS:I love the books and characters, and this one captured the voices of this particular couple perfectly.When the novelette did pick up - it more than made up for the slow beginning.I also liked that Ethan also had aftermath of dealing with his wife's captivity and that he sought professional help.I love that the author recognizes that women can associate all their `bad' feelings/memories to a place or a home, and upon moving away, can symbolically both forgive and restart their lives afresh.Of course this made me want to pick up and read "The Darkest Hour" again and deeply sigh as I wait for PJ's story in December.