Review: Good value, full length stories but intense subjects
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
I must be honest and say that I did enjoy reading these books but they are not light hearted and the characters are not always endearing. Although they are romances, they are hard won and therefore not particularly romantic. There is love though.Cop of the Year: Damaged H and loads of stuff about Vietnam and its fallout. The h also has a rough background and identifies with the 'at risk' kids she teaches. The H is 46 and the h 35 so this is not exactly young love. Very interesting and heart wrenching.Lost and found Groom: The H gets the h pregnant during a storm and then disappears. I think the author did a good job because she managed to gain my sympathy for the H, when I never believed I would. Again a tortured soul but my heart did bleed for the h.Somebody's Dad: Not an easy story to read because the H is always upfront about his very real desire NOT to have children or get involved with someone who wants them, let alone has them. Not romantic either but a very real story and the author did a good job of allowing her H to grow. He's not loveable but he is real.Falling for You: I'd read this book before and didn't like it much then and I liked it even less now. My least favourite of all the books (I'm not sure I had a favourite). For me the H was a douche and I didn't like the way he treated the h. I hated the way he had another girlfriend and the way he stubbornly insisted that he was going to marry her. ***Spoilers*** I absolutely loathed the way he slept with the h and then promptly went off and began dating another woman. I had no respect for him and I don't think the h had respect for herself the way she kept chasing him.These books must be read when you aren't depressed or feeling down or have PMT!