Review: My review: In My Mother's Footsteps
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2013
This story about a girl named Anela who's mother suddenly passed away leaving her alone in the world and still missing the one thing she's always wanted in life, her father. Her mother told her that her father was dead, but in reality in a stunning confession made by her mother a few months prior her father wasn't dead and still alive in Hawaii where they first met. In the folder her mother left her are clues about her father and a plane ticket to go to Hawaii for two months. Not having any obligations or a job just yet, she decides to go and see if she can located him.Much to her disappointment, her father is on leave and has not yet returned home. Resigned and a little sad that she has to wait to tell her father that he has a daughter she decides to go to the beach. That's when she meets Christian Sivers who is a soldier just like her dad. They go out twice and seem to really hit it off before he abruptly pulls away from her leaving her once again alone and confused. It's not until sometime later that Christian finally confesses he doesn't know how to do relationships but is willing to try leading them down the path of dating one another. While Anela is scared to follow the same path her mother did, she decides to go with the flow exploring the place on the island her mother wanted to see and even falling for a solider just like her mother did.When Anela meets her father and his wife they are quick to take her in as their family, but with her trip coming to a close and being forced to go home alone again can Anela gain the family she's always wanted? Or will she once again feel abandoned and alone?I enjoyed this story a great deal. While it's not normally the type of book I read I found it sweet and enjoyable and would read it again just to have something light and fun to read, this particular story I give 5 stars!Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review