Review: Healing power of Aloha - Love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
He kehau ho`oma`ema`e ke aloha.Love is like cleansing dew.Hawaiian proverb'As Anela Alborn prepares for graduation from university, her estranged mother passes away.  Anela contemplates the source of their estrangement - that her father was still alive - as she sorts through her mother's papers.  It is in these papers that she finds her mother's graduation gift - a plane ticket and hotel reservation in Hawaii, a place that enchanted Anela's mother and led to Anela's conception.Arnone delivers a heartfelt message in this face paced novella - love is like cleansing dew.  In her grief, Anela unexpectedly falls in love with Hawaii, a soldier, and even her father as she explores the paths once taken by her mother.  Arnone captures the spirit of the Gathering Place and the challenges of military life.  Recommended read for those who enjoy quick reads, military themes, and, of course, my beloved Hawaii.I received an ecopy from the author for an impartial review.