Review: fantastic unusual romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2013
I Found You. Jane LarkReview from Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews.I've read and loved another of Jane's works so I thought I’d try this one, and I'm so glad I did. I love romance novels but sometimes they do get very “samey” and you feel all that's changed are the names. Not this book, its a romance, but so very, very different to the norm.Jason is out running when he sees Rachel hovering in just jeans and t shirt over a bridge, looking like she's going to jump. He talks her down but then what? She's almost mute except to say no hospital or police. So he takes her home..... He's that kind of guy; decent, caring and though his flat is tiny as he's only recently moved he helps her as best he can. Once she's talking – though not about what happened- he says she can stay a while while she finds her feet. She gets a job and they enjoy the friendship. She's attracted by him, and in her recent past she'd have made a play but that’s all behind her now, she's not out to take someone else's man. Jason thinks she's stunning, and as time goes by he's more and more attracted to her – but he's a fiancée back home, and she's definitely not happy at Rachel staying with him! More and more he wonders if they are right for each other, it seems they've been together since school, and just fell into the relationship without really having much in common. Its not til he's talking so easily with Rachel that he realises how little he and Lindi talk, and how little attention she pays to what he wants. Its always her that chooses and decides everything.Rachel – what an awful upbringing she's had, and I understood why she'd fallen into her lifestyle. Sometimes just going with the flow seems the easiest thing and she'd not had many lifestyle choices. Somehow she'd found the strength – with Jason's help- to change her life though, and she was determined to repay him by helping him feel more at home in the city, and more able to enjoy his time there. I loved the way she got him to sing with her, and to dance when he was adamant he couldn't do either. Then there's Jason – he's the man we all want to meet, the son we all want to have. Genuinely decent and kind, loving, considerate, hard-working, non judgemental – the man’s a saint – but a hot,attractive, sexy one!The fiancée, Lindi – she's not happy about events, and to be honest I think most of us wouldn't be. Though Rachel is decent it's far more likely to have been someone that's out to steal or leech off Jason. I understood her and his parents fears. I think most of us would feel the same. She was a real piece of work though – very selfish and that came over so well. I love a good Bitch in a romance, and she was just perfect. The scenes back in Jason's home-town were really emotional, and I kept thinking “how much more can they take?” even while sympathising with the feelings of everyone involved.I loved this book, perfect and unusual romance, great journey to the Hea, and a fantastic ending with twists and turns I didn't see coming. Its a book to make you laugh and cry, make you sad and happy – a fabulous read. A great length at 360 pages, it really lets reader get to know everyone and to enjoy plots that are fully developed and not rushed. Its 3.99 and one I’ll happily re read.Stars: five – fabulous novel. .NB: ARC supplied via Netgalley