Review: Fantastic!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
*Copy of book provided by Author in return for an honest review*I loved this book!!!Open Your Eyes centres around characters that are in their early forties and fifties. It is full of emotion that reels you in and enables you to feel it all, ranging from sadness, lust, love, happiness, loss and grief. It really does have it all.The writing is fantastic, the story never dies down and you're constantly entertained by this book. I also loved the Australian-isms that have been included. In particular the mention of knocking over a `tall poppy' being an Australian sport. Loved it!The characters are fantastic and are very easy to like. Natalie, the Australian woman torn between two men is adorable. She has been separated from her husband Gabriel for approximately 2 years and goes on a holiday to the USA with her daughter where she meets Nick. You're able to sympathise with her completely and understand why she makes the decisions she does always putting her family's happiness before her own. Nick, Natalie's American fling/lover is completely in love with her and will do everything he can to keep her. He is a famous photographer and is extremely swoon-worthy. Then there's Gabriel, Natalie's jealous ex-husband who left her two years earlier and broke her heart. I did like him as well but it took me a little longer to warm up to him as I was expecting him to hurt Natalie again.I found this story refreshing and liked that it involved older characters rather than the twenty somethings that are in most romance novels that I've read. The love scenes in this book are very steamy and it is a fantastic read and is definitely worth checking out!