Review: Somebody Please! Please! Rescue Christian Romance
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2012
I was surprised when I found out the main character is middle aged, normally romance novels have 20 somethings as subject matter; an older character was refreshing. Okay, now that I've stated all the positives, let's move forward to the bad news. Boring! There was nothing exciting about this book whatsoever. Maggie-a mother of 3 and caretaker for and elderly parent works cleaning housed. Her husband left her with 3 teenagers and and sick mother. The man she's like since ?? ..high school? College? when they moved to town? we don't know because its not consistent. Anyway, he's a sports coach, has 3 teens of his own,with whom he casually discusses his dating life to the point of discomfort for the reader. The conversations between the two main character are meant to be casually but end up being awkward instead. The teen children of both characters, influence them way more than they should. I am especially annoyed that Maggie a mother of 3 couldn't be stronger and more developed as a woman. Sure her husband left her for another woman and I empathize with that but I never got a sense of respect for her overall, not as a mother, not as a business woman, not as and artist (she draws). I felt the same with the male character, too much time was wasted on deciding to call and ask Maggie on a date...classic Christian romance punk; I've seen it plenty of times. I really hate how men in these Christian romances are docile and slow or hesitant to make the first move. What for? it wastes time and doesn't make Christian men in fiction or real life look good.Maggie's Monday ... I give this a DON'T READ.