Review: Retaking Control
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2012
Nora Darkin has spent most of her life trying to please her father for some imagined wrong she felt she had done.  Her father has always expected her to do his will exactly as he says.  Her current engagement to his right hand man, Liam Connolly, meets with her father's approval.  In fact, he is planning the entire wedding right down to the honeymoon.  On the surface, everything appears fine; however, the night before the wedding, Nora makes a shocking announcement.Now, at odds with her father and trying to escape the turmoil she just caused, Nora flits away to Dreara, a fictional town in Ireland where she becomes immersed in the town's culture, history and its people.  It is in Dreara where she finds love again and discovers herself. Meeting Ethan Danes gives Nora a new lease on life; but, he too have issues.CHOCOLATE AFTERTASTE by Liz Grace Davis is about living life on your own terms.  Davis introduces us to the consequences we face when we give others power over our lives.  The main character, Nora, had moved from relationship to relationship based on how others felt and thought.  She buried her dreams and desires first in her father's wishes, then in her fiancé's.  In Dreara, she learns to put herself first and make her own life choices.Ireland was the backdrop for this skillfully written novel.  Davis puts her skills to the test in providing a very picturesque view of the area and introducing characters that made you think.  This was a refreshing read with a few unexpected twists.Reviewed by Brenda Lisbonof The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers