Review: Lasting Love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2013
Making  it Last is not an  ordinary romance novel, with it's "Happily Ever After." This is after the HEA when reality sets in.We reunite with  Tony and Amber,  the couple who met while they were sheltering from a tornado in Camelot ( How To Misbehave). They have been together for fourteen years, married for ten, have three very rambunctious boys,  trying to get through the everyday  events pulling them in too many directions.Tony is still running  Mazzara Construction, but the housing industries drop has caused financial concerns for the company and for his family.  He is working night and day to save his father's legacy, and alone, after a falling out with his brother Patrick.  Amber is struggling with all three boys in school, and the hours of the day she feels lost and almost invisible. The evenings are hectic with homework, dinner and bedtime, and Tony coming home late and exhausted.  They are losing themselves and each other. A quick family vacation to Jamaica for Caleb and Ellen's wedding  (Along Came Trouble) seems the perfect time to reconnect....but it isn't.In my opinion, this  story is a very truthful look at what couples face every day and choose to let it break them or make them stronger. At one point Amber's Mom is talking about her own difficulties in marriage. "Love is mean like that." she said "It doesn't give you good choices. You think it's going to free you-- that you'll get married and turn into a butterfly or some such silly nonsense. But marriage makes everything harder."This novel brought me to tears,  I had to put it down and get a cup of tea. Yet,  there  is so much love in these pages, it reminds you how much it's all worth it  if you just keep trying. It's a novel that young couples should read before they decide to get married.I loved this story, and can't thank Ms. Knox enough for sharing it with us.  This is definitely a book that I will read more than once!I received this novel from the publisher and NetGalley for an honest review.