Review: a good story about second chance love
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
3-3.5 stars.I was pulled in by the idea of this story as I love second chance romance novels, and this book started out really well. It drew me in to the whole notion of Clementine and Donovan finding each other after years apart. They were childhood sweethearts, drawn to each other from different sides of the track. Other people's opinions, namely Clementine's family, put a strain on their relationship from the beginning but their love held strong until one fateful day when it all turned sour and Clementine had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn away from Donovan. Donovan was confused, heartbroken and ended up joining the forces to try and move on.Fate intervenes and pushes them together once more but is there too much hurt to ever rekindle their love? There was tension right from the word go and I thought the author portrayed the characters feelings well when they meet up after so long apart. The rate at which the characters relationship developed was well paced and the love scenes were well written and engaging. The way the circumstances played out to hold them together added to the tension, but something just fell a little short for me as the story went along. While I can understand Clementine's apprehension over Donovan's reaction to her being back in town, I felt she came across as a bit distant rather than wary. As the story progressed I just didn't feel what I thought I should have been feeling with her. Donovan had been through so much during his time in the military as well as trying to cope with Clementine's sudden and total departure from his life, but I found some of his actions were a bit odd, particularly the cooking incident. As the story progressed I starting losing connection with the characters, and I can't put my finger on why. I thought the storyline could have been expanded more in the second half of the book.Overall a good story about second chances, trust, loyalty and unconditional love against all odds.