Review: Very love conquers all
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
I Found You by Jane Lark3 out of 5 starsAs I finished I Found You, I struggled with how to rate it.  It is technically well written, has fairly well developed characters, a solid theme that runs throughout, and some interesting twists and turns. What stumps me is the fact that it is completely unrealistic in my opinion.  Now don't get upset and say that's the point of fiction, because I can accept some loss of reality for fictions sake especially when it's for love.In I Found You, Jason the small town, handsome, always does the right thing, guy newly from Oregon saves Rachel the suicidal, model looking, party hard and live harder girl who was raised on the streets of New York from jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.  After taking her in and mending her wounded hand, no questions answered, it turns into lifelong commitments with consequences neither can out guess.The part I have a problem with is all of the major components, as the story unfolds, are MAJOR hurdles in real life and individually would be hard for healthy couples to overcome yet Jason treats them as though they are minor ant hills on his strolls through Central Park of Love, albeit some a little bigger than others.  It's just too much for me, too "love is blind" when in reality Rachel herself is saying that she understands these are deal breaking issues. I’m with Rachel, there are just a few too many issues for it to work out as smoothly as it does and still feel real, even for fiction.I did find it oddly interesting and quirky that Ms. Lark wrote as though it was from an American's POV/voice yet there were many, many times that more European terms and clarifications made it seem as though it was not an American author.  For example, in the beginning Jason kept thinking about how cold it was and he said both to himself and to others that it was “20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Americans say, "Its 20 degrees outside!"  We do not say Fahrenheit at any point.  It was only distracting in that it made me smile when I came across these terms and clarifications.Overall I would say it's a good book and I would recommend it to readers who like a little more angst and "love conquers all" in their books.**A complimentary copy was given by the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review**Pepper, My Secret Book Spot