Review: Fun Love Story with Some Really Stubborn Characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Jane Oldaker, author of Nothing Ventured,  brings us a story of a strong, successful female who has reached success in a field dominated by men.  Molly was brought up with her life planned out for her. Her wealthy, chauvinistic father refuses to listen to her desire to go into construction management. He had not planned on an exceptionally stubborn daughter.  She left home, cut off ties and worked hard to build a business from the ground up. Years have passed. They have had no contact.  She continues to place milestones in her path thinking if she reaches these she will prove her  worth. She is already sought after for upscale, historical renovations.The project is currently working on needs financial backing which leads her to meet Paul, the gorgeous gentleman from a consortium interested in investing in this venture. Molly did not get where she is by using her dad's name. Quite the opposite, almost no one is aware of her socialite strings.  This is a girl who climbs on roofs when needed. A get it done kind of woman. Can a female obtain this kind of financial backing now when she has a successful company showing continual growth and impeccable financial stability? Or is it still a.good ole boys world?  And will she be pressured to use dad's name?The plot weaves around her.personal achievements and her guarding with a passion anything tying her to her father.  Nothing can keep.her from reaching those milestones. Oldaker's writing style is easy to follow.  The pace of the story was a bit slow with a tendency to drag out or let the worst case scenerios play out before moving on.Oldaker's character development was good.  We got a good look at Molly and Paul. We saw some other interesting characters and relationships such as the farher/son team on the consortium. Oldaker gave us a depth there I did not expect and took it in a moving direction.  I enjoyed the way she allowed her characters to reveal parts of themselves we would not see on surface. Family and friendship were both explored as well as the possibility one can begin anew or one can realize they were wrong.The romance was charming. At times these two, as well as their friends acted a bit like junior high kids, but perhaps for these characters that was needed.Fix yourself a cup of coffee, grab a blanket and settle in for a good read.  I enjoyed it and hope you will also.