Review: A delightful read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2012
My first impressions of the book were the rich descriptions of the characters and their lives, almost a little too much at times, but it was very visual for the reader.  These three women have interesting lives and at the same time, are very down to Earth women that the reader can identify with.  They deal with problems that almost all women come into contact with - budding romance, difficult careers, betrayal, and love.  I admit that it was hard to get into the story at first and it confused me a little bit when the chapters switched to each different woman. I had a little bit of a problem keeping them straight in my mind.  It took about a fourth of the book for me to discover some conflict within their lives and it captured me from that point.Rose and Daniel, Shannon and Ian, Alex and Carl - there is a lot of romance in this book!  And it's not all of that "perfect" romantic relationships for these women.  There's a lot of romantic drama!  It was almost too much for me at times and was a little confusing to remember which woman was with which guy, but it became very clear as the story progressed.  There were even a few surprises that had me going "Oh!  He didn't!"The book was very good and captivating.  I admit that Rose was my favorite character - an incredibly sweet school teacher working in a secondary school for disadvantaged youth, really made her a character that I enjoyed reading about.  Alex's story was a bit harder for me to get into, but Shannon was a delight.  Her partner was very funny!  There were a few technical errors that made it hard to read; some formatting of the dialogue that didn't line up and two typographical errors on the first page distracted me, but that didn't take away from the quality of the book.  I really enjoyed the book and I definitely recommend this book to others!