Review: November elections and life goes on!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
I was so looking forward to reading November Surprise by Laurel Osterkamp.  After reading it, I was not disappointed.  Who would have thought anyone would write a romance novel from the point of view of a liberal, intelligent, student...from junior high school age up to 37 or 38yrs of age.  Quite a clever premise in my opinion.  We follow Lucy Jones through several elections...the bumpy road of politics.....sometimes your side wins and sometimes they lose, but politics are never dull and neither is Lucy's life.  Lucy grew up in a liberal home with a single parent (mother).  She also grew up believing herself to be anything but beautiful;  Reggie bullied her all through school, harrassed and demeaned her.  But she never believed she was stupid...she knew she was one of the brightest bulbs in the box.  She never wanted the spotlight and she had a lot to say about politics.  We get to travel through her life, her love life, and major elections with her as she finally comes to grips with her wants and needs in this world.  And she applies political principles to her life throughout her journey.  This was written as a tender, sometimes humorous, love story.  It would be an easy weekend read.  I also enjoyed the fact we were allowed to use our imagination for any love scenes!!