Review: Contemporary Irish Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2013
April Leigh should hate Matthew Logan.  He's the reprobate who left her sister standing at the altar.  Well not literally, but he jilted her  right  after she miscarried his baby.  What sort of person acts so callously?  He deserves to rot in hell.  Right?Family loyalty is a strange thing.  For one thing, it can cause blindness. Blindness to the truth. And that's what April is about to discover when she meets Matthew on neutral territory.  They both live and work in London, away from the prying eyes of the locals in Brookbridge, a village in Ireland which seems to lie on Ireland's east coast, by my reckoning.  God knows, I should know, homesick expat that I am.As a work of the New Adult genre, RUNAWAY GROOM is a romance all right, but it's a bit more than that.  The focus isn't just on romance, but on personal growth and family intrigues.  April's hard working barista-turned-fashion-designer character shines in comparison to her manipulative sister's.  The Leigh family is a modern Irish family with amicably divorced parents and a Spanish stepmother with whom they have no issues. The Leigh father remains responsible and committed to the welfare of his former wife and two daughters, although in a second marriage.  All in all, it's a fresh, contemporary read with characters to whom we can relate and a storyline which draws the reader in.Another gem from Sally Clements.  If you love romance and even if you just like to read contemporary Irish fiction, then don't miss this one.It's only fair to say, however, that I received a review copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review.