Review: Enjoyed the story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
I received a copy of Hot Mess in exchange for an honest review.I really enjoyed the story. It features a smoking hot fireman, Sam, who moves to a small town in the hopes that he can help his young daughter adjust after her mother's death. In addition to having been unable to help his ex-wife with the addiction that ultimately ended her life, his baggage also holds his pain from losing his mom to cancer during his college years.Sam moves next door to Rachel, an attractive single mom and his daughter Amanda becomes fast friends with Rachel's daughter Sophie. Sam and Rachel get to be friends because of their daughters' friendship but there's a spark between the two that could lead to more. Rachel has her own baggage, she's dealing with the alienation from her family and a medical condition that she holds tight to her chest because of the negative stigma that stereotypically goes along with the condition.Ann Conley did a great job with this book. There's so many emotions throughout and the characters are so well developed that it's easy to fall in love with them and hope that things will work out between them.And her research about the affects on said medical condition (Sorry, no spoilers here!) was honest and informative without forcing it down the reader's throat.I look forwarding to reading more by Anne Conley in the future!