Review: Well-written, but dark...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
3.5 Stars.  Minor spoilers************************************This was a dark and unusual, but fairly well-written romance.  Because of the way it's written, I do hesitate to call it a romance, but there is a boy and a girl, attraction, conflict and a romance of sorts between them.Molly is adopted and the only child of a well-respected college professor who died unexpectedly, but she's feeling relief rather than grief.  The funeral is over, but she's feeling overwhelmed by everything, including the houseful of people paying their condolences, who think her father was a wonderful man.  Her father's lawyer asks Molly to meet with him the next day to discuss the will.  There is a young man at the lawyer's office who she discovers was her father's biological son.  She also finds that her father has left her virtually penniless and left everything to the son, Ian, who he abandoned as a baby and Molly knew nothing about.  To keep Ian at a distance, Molly lets him believe (for way too long, IMO) that they are half-siblings, which disturbs him of course, because he's very attracted to Molly.I enjoyed this story overall (I really liked Ian), however, the author left quite a few things unexplained and Molly wasn't a likable character.  She had mental issues, with frequent thoughts of suicide and was mean and rude to Ian throughout the book.  Although she was attracted to Ian, she missed no opportunity to vent her misplaced animosity towards him, which he did nothing to deserve.  I could understand Molly's angst based on her childhood, but even with that, she was way too prickly and didn't try hard enough to overcome her problems.  The book also ended rather abruptly (with a possible HFN).  Based on what I read, there is no way I could buy into a HEA for Molly and Ian.  Ian deserved a better heroine than Molly.This is the third book I've read by Theresa Weir and her romances don't appear to follow any standard formula.  I absolutely loved Geek with the Cat Tattoo, but didn't care for Cool Shade and if I didn't know better I wouldn't think that any of these three were written by the same person.  I do enjoy Theresa Weir's writing overall, and will continue to read her work.