Review: A Fairytale Love Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
This is a sweet romance story which is mostly in `telling mode' by the main character with some dialogue. I wanted to know the other side of what happened to Mia - in that why did her ex-husband give up all parental rights to their daughter? Why did he go from a man in love to a workaholic who neglected his family? No reasons were given other than he met someone else, but I would have liked to hear his reasoning.I empathised with Mia's feelings about being a divorced mother when she too was a product of a broken marriage. However, she got over things very quickly and it wasn't long before she throws herself at the first man who comes along, i.e. Dominic her new nanny, and their relationship develops very quickly.This is an easy, light read with lots of mushy moments, nicely written and with a satisfactory ending. My only criticism would be that there is no conflict - at all. She and Dominic have a perfect relationship, no arguments, issues or jealousies - which is nothing like real life. In fact everything is very easy for Mia, her marriage ends with a five minute tirade at the `other woman', then follows an easy divorce and an easier transition to her independent life with few tears. Her daughter doesn't appear to miss her father at all, though the author explains this in that Alex wasn't part of her life.Mia's father offers a brief objection to Dominic, in that it's all happening too soon, but it is over almost before it begins.  There is a possibility of an emotional time bomb when Mia is settled with Dominic and Alex asks for access to Lucia - for his parents - but this is refused without any repercussions or reaction. Nobody fights for anything.With such blissful lives, the characters didn't develop - they didn't need to as there was nothing for them to overcome.  Even Lucia had no problem accepting a man in her mother's life.Mia does have a mother back in Boston, but we don't hear much from her, so again that relationship wasn't explored.I enjoyed the story, but feel it would be better as a novella as there wasn't much meat to the story in that it concentrated on Mia and Dominic falling in love, but with nothing  to stand between the couple to threaten their happy ending - it slowed to halt rather than ending with a bang.I received a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review