Review: Sweet contemporary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
Adam's Boys is a sweet contemporary romance set (for the most part) in my home town Sydney, which was great as I could kind of picture a lot of the areas written about.After reading the blurb I was intrigued, but when reading, the book was more like the cover than the blurb. Not that this was a bad thing, as I really enjoyed the book.shortly after the death of his wife, Brit Adam Cooper has a 3 week break and 3 week fling in Sydney with a friend of a friend, Abbie. As he returns to England, he promised Abbie he will call her, but guilt over his actions so soon after his wife's death, and of leaving his newborn son make him think what he has done is unforgivable, and walks away.Unbeknownst to him, Abbie has fallen pregnant during their brief affair.Skip ahead 4 years:Adam and his son Pete are back in Sydney. Abbie decides she cannot keep her son Henry from his father anymore and arranges a meeting to let him know.This is where things start to get interestting between Adam, Abbie, Henry and Pete.There will be anger, there will be tears, there will be smiles and laughter, there will be hurt and misunderstandings.Can two people with such an attraction but such a history every find their happy place without hurting each other or their kids? They have both made mistakes in their past, but will they be able to overcome them and move forward?For this you will have to read for yourself.Ana Clifton has written a sweet but angsty romance, where at times I both loved and hated the main protaganists. At times I just wanted to clip them both around the ears and tell them to take a good hard look at themselves, but in the context of their relationship I could understand why they did what they did.Adam's Boys was a find way to fill in a few hours on the lounge with a cuppa.