Review: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
I was not impressed by any of the relationships in this story. There's abuse, manipulation, coercion and outright hatred. Even the loving relationship between Vivian and her father is tainted by his guilty feelings about her accident. The most apparently healthy parent/child relationship is between Charlotte and Jonah and he always comes in second to her "ministry". It's not a wonder to me that Vivi picked a man who "needed"her. She so desperately wants to be loved and needing is equated with love in her mind.*****************************SPOILER. ALERT*****************************SPOILER ALERT**********************************I'm glad that Sterling got the addiction help that he needed, without promoting any specific program, the author does slip in " one day at a time" philosophy and I felt that the Charlotte character got pretty preachy with the devil talk and Bible quotes. A little much for me.*******************************END SPOILER*********************************END SPOILER***********************************I guess after reading this book, I would have to say "Don't fall for a Bentley, they're too much work".This book contains and deals with graphic drug use, violence , sex and profanity. As far as editing, this author needs to learn how and when to use punctuation, most especially apostrophes, whether they show ownership or contractions, and quotation marks when characters speak, basic second grade grammar, folks.Heat factor hot.