Review: Excellent book for when you are snowed in
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
Love is Relative by Haven Francis is the first in a series.  I will be awaiting the second book quite impatiently.  Haven has managed to create characters and events straight out of real live and make them totally believable.  She created a series of characters among whom Danny and Emily are the main ones.Emily has decided to run away from the commune her mother had brought her to three years ago.  She forced Emily to leave her adored grandparents and their farm, her friends and neighbors, and most of all, her dearest friend Danny just as their relationship starts to take off.  Charlie made it almost impossible for Emily to live there as just before they left, she shared the unwelcome news that Mike, Danny’s father, is in fact Emily’s father too.  Not only does this change Emily’s life completely, it shatters Mike and Cora’s marriage.  Cora leaves, Mike begins drinking again, and Danny is left to care for his father.  Luckily they reconcile only to lose Cora in a car accident shortly after the reconciliation.  Mike goes downhill fast with his drinking and Danny is left to care for the business, the house, and his younger brother Jason and sister Maddie.  Danny goes wild for a while trying to run from his problems and his memory and love for Emily.  Then Emily returns.  How can she and Danny reconcile their love for each other with the possibility that they are half-siblings?  Can Emily ever forgive Danny for the wild side of the road he took?  Can they remain friends only?  Can Emily return to school as if nothing has happened when the entire town knows about her “secret Father” and her love for Danny?This was an excellent book although there are some grammatical errors that need to be fixed.  Waiting until next year for the sequel will be difficult but maybe time will pass quickly.