Review: A Sweet Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
Faith Leary is funny and witty. I liked her from the start – especially when she found herself in a check-out line the day before Thanksgiving wondering how fast she was going to go to hell for checking out a priest. Her common misconceptions about priests were hilarious. She actually wondered about his use of a cell phone?!?The story as a whole was comical. Even the general holiday rudeness from the public was funny. Then there’s Faith’s gay brother, Frank, that is just hysterical himself. It just gets funnier when Faith finds her priest, Father Michael, in her mother’s living room on Thanksgiving.Faith’s mother and sister were a bit hard to handle at first. I seriously questioned why Faith would even want to go home for the holidays. But then, she was acting more Christian than she thought herself to be by extending so much grace to her family.Cons – There was one time that the wording was confusing, and I couldn’t make out what was being said, but it was only once and didn’t take away from the story. I also didn’t get the fact that there were no conversations about God taking place between Faith and Michael. While it was nice that he doesn’t come off as preachy, I just would have expected at least one conversation on where Faith stood with God.Pros- While there were no conversations about God, Michael constantly “showed” God, and I really liked that. I even personally felt checked at one point. I liked that the story showed the heart of Michael as a Christian and as a man. I especially liked that he saw beyond Faith’s exterior to who she really was. It was a cute and clean romance. It was also a very quick and easy read for a lazy Sunday afternoon! I look forward to reading more from Amy!!*I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.*