Review: Not a Heartwarmer
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
This story was not heartwarming and did not make me feel good reading it.  The male lead, Brett is a horrible, self-centered jerk who hates children. I will not call him a hero of the story because he wasn't. Even in the epilogue he was still a jerk.  Any man who refers to children as obnoxious brats, twerps, dingbats, etc is a man who should never be around children especially yours. Sharon has a two year old son named Max and Brett makes it very clear he wants the mother and not her son.  He wanted Max to go away, to disappear so that he could be with Sharon without her obnoxious brat around.  Taking daddy classes did not seem to make any difference.  If a man does not like your child and lets you know it, then he is not the man to fall in love with and marry.  Brett never bonded with Max he just sucked it up and grudgingly accepted Max because he wanted Sharon.  Brett even put the child in danger and admitted that he didn't care if Max ran away from him as long as Max was a way from him. After Max has an accident from Brett's negligence Brett just abandons Sharon.  Sharon let her loneliness and her lust for a man get in the way of her providing a good loving father for her little boy who was still a baby.  I really hated this story and almost put it down but I wanted to see if Brett redeemed himself in regards to Max.  He didn't, which was even more disappointing. The dialogue in Brett's head about Max is cringe worthy.  It was uncomfortable to read.  I read this book in a boxed set.  I generally like books that feature children and family settings. This book was a huge disappointment. It was the first one of the Daddy Series by Judith Arnold that I have read and I won't be reading any more.