Review: Good book, Good ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2013
I think the reviews that this book received in the lower 2's and 1's was a little harsh. It at least deserves a low 3. There comes a time when you have to quit being a literary snob and just enjoy the book. In my case I did. I enjoyed the story line, I enjoyed the tension because it felt real with turn of a whip mood changes and the beautiful ending.The two characters are Rory and Zoe Hughes. Rory is a rags-to-riches story and now he is the owner of a contracting empire (?) I'm not really sure because Hayson, the author doesn't specifically describe what he does NOW just what he used to do which was construction. So I guess I assumed that he had some kind of contracting firm. Zoe runs a honeymoon resort in the middle of the Southern Pacific. She runs on island time, he runs on Starbucks and ruling the DOW world. When a wedding magazine asks for an interview with the cutthroat business man and the sweet girl-next-door type Zoe has to fly into action to make the magazine and her clients believe that she and her estranged husband are still married and very, very much, still in love.I didn't think Rory would be up for it- but he agrees to her plan, hoping to boost is "good" PR since he's had so much "bad" PR despite how well he's doing in the business world. He agrees to taking photos with her showing that they're clearly still in love, doing interviews, and being stuck on an island for what was about ten days. Yet that wasn't clearly stated either. I know that the set back was about ten days but the author again loses me in this detail. I think that Rory ends up being stranded on this island for about two weeks or so and in the end ends up running back to the resort to be with his wife.I am glad that I read this story. I do wish that whoever read this manuscript would have asked for a little bit more detail in a couple areas. Like what Rory really did as a job, how long he was really stuck on that island, where the island was exactly unless I'm just supposed to know where Tonga and Vava'u are in the Southern Pacific. So I guess I can thank the author for educating me in that way along with Google Earth on figuring out just where this island was.It wasn't the usual love story you would like to hear. It was full of tension and mood swings, anger and resentment. I'm glad though that after being separated for about a year, and Rory being stuck on an island with her for- I don't know, ten days or so he finally fell back into who he was supposed to be. I was hoping for more community involvement, I thought that because he had so many connections and money he would have had a bunch of supplies sent to the island right away. But after the storm that hits on the last couple pages I guess in my fairy-bookland he does go on to help the community rebuild and rebuild right.