Review: Political Romance?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
November Surprise was really a unique read. Its super short but it spans a long period of time, from the Bush/Dukakis election through Obama/McCain. It is all told through the eyes of Lucy Jones, a die-hard democrat.I'll say this, if you are a conservative/republican, step away from the book because you probably won't like the liberal slant. I'm a bleeding heart liberal, so I had fun with it, for the most part. A political romance isn't something that you see often and the characters were very real.I worked for one presidential campaign, and I can say, I've met a few Lucy's. She wasn't always my cup of tea, especially in the last chapter. (Can't help it, 4 years ago, I was a Hillary girl. I'm still a Hillary girl, even though I like Obama).What I liked best about Lucy was her intelligence and really how much she cared. Those are the same reasons I liked Monty. I really couldn't understand why it took those two so long to really get together. Even though she claimed she didn't have them, I think she did have some unresolved issues with Jack.It was interesting to see how she had grown as a person and where she was in her life at each presidential election.Her political arguments were real and the bullying she faced from Reggie felt real. Lucy was definitely a character any politically minded democrat could identify with. I would have loved to known more about how politics really became such an important part of her life. Lucy was a girl at 16 who was already passionate about who is in power. The only other fictional character that passionate about politics that young was Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties, and damn it, he represented the other side!~ Review copy provided by the author for an honest review