Review: Another winner from Molly Bryant
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2013
Jar of Hearts is technically the sequel to Glow, but stands well all on it's own. Infact I felt the story of Ethan and Maria way more heartfelt and earnest than their predecessors Vanessa and Ben. Molly Bryant just gets better and better with every book she writes.Maria as a character is sad and flawed. She get's into your heart, and as her story develops you see why she considers herself unable to love. Maria could be anyone of us. We all sabotage love and relationships in our own ways. In our own misguided pursuit of perfection. It takes the strong willed Ethan to teach her how to love. And to awaken feelings she never knew she could have.Bryant does this in her trademark sweet and sexy way. She weaves characters and situations that are at once meaningful, and funny. Take the rehearsal dinner scene for one. I laughed out loud and had to put my Kindle down to grab a tissue. She can take a tense situation and turn it into a memorable potato throwing smackdown. You feel like you know these characters and want to dive right in with them.I did feel the ending was a little rushed. I would have liked to see Maria and Ethan get a little more time before they ran down the aisle. But Bryant makes up for it with a cute little twist in the epilog. I actually didn't see it going that way.Hands down I would read anything Molly Bryant writes. Her stories are sweet, romantic escapes from life. She just keeps getting better with each new release. A diamond in the Indie book world.