Review: Plot Centers Around Lack of Communication
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2013
Laura Lander had been bullied as she grew up, and her sister, Candace had led the pack. However, if she had it to do over, Laura knew she would still stand up for those classmates the "in crowd" tended to shun. If being kind made her an outcast, so be it. Her one regret from school was Dalton Jance. She hoped she'd moved on, but one look at her first love, when she went home for the first time in years, told her he still affected her as much as when she was a teenager. She hadn't been home long when she realized her family was falling apart. Candace and Dan were estranged and working long hours. Her brother had ended up keeping their two kids most of the time, and his fiancée was fed up with all the responsibilities. Laura wanted to help, but she was at a loss, both about Candace and about Dalton. Would she be able to help anyone, even herself, before she returned to Georgia?This novella read quickly, however, it started rather slowly for me. The first chapters were mostly about back story, and it was told rather than shown. The last half got better, but all the problems stemmed from the characters not communicating with one another, an overused plot element, but the circumstances here did make sense. A lot of space was also given to the characters complimenting Laura. Mistakes included "her" for "here," "Thomas'" for "Thomas's," "because" for "became," "sigh" for "sign," and "son" for "sun." It was clean, and that was a plus for me. All in all, I did enjoy the story and would read more by Rosemarie Naramore.