Review: Childhood Love at First Sight
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
Shirley Jump introduces us to Angie and Max, who have seen there for each since the day they met, and Max gave her his very last Starburst Candy.  That wizened piece of candy still occupies a place of honor in her ballerina jewelry box, even after twenty years of being best friends from elementary school t through college and beyond.  Both are afraid of facing their romantic love, because their friendship is the anchor in each of their lives. Max knows that he does not want a marriage like the cloud silence of his childhood.  Annie is afraid to tell Max that she loves him because he might reject her and break her heart.  This story opens with Max and Angie in an expensive jewelry store looking for just the right wedding ring to give to Becky, the perky dental hygienist he met in the laundromat three weeks ago.  Max keeps looking at big complex diamond settings, until, in exasperation, Angie says,"If it were my ring, I would want that one, with a simple one carat round cut diamond and a white gold filigree band."  Not only does Max buy the ring Angie likes, but he goes down on one knee, right there in the jewelry store, and proposes to Angie.  He says that he needs to practice for his proposal to Becky!  Men!!!!  Angie has just two weeks to tell him that she loves him. Of course nothing comes easily in romance.  The recipes and the chapter titles tell the story.  If you enjoyed the movie, The Princess Bride, you'll enjoy reading The Millionaire Tempted Fate