Review: Sweet love story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
This was a sweet and enchanting new adult romance which was engaging from the start.Avery has made her way to Portland to find her real mother after she found out she was adopted after her parent’s death in a car crash a few years before. However when she finds herself standing in front of the woman she now knows to be her birth mother, she finds she cannot confront her and ends up applying for a job working for her in her mystical shop, The Crystal Moon.Whether this is a good move, only time will tell but it means a longer stay in Portland which she is happy about as she gets to stay with her new found best friend, Jonah.Jonah is a freelance artist and an instant lovable character. He is currently off relationships due to his last man letting him down. He needs his own book *hint hint* Ms Choszer! I loved how supportive he was of Avery and how he kept her spirits high after each disappointment she has. After all who could not love a man who loves chocolate, ice-cream, cookies and Supernatural!It is whilst out on a night out at the local bar with Jonah and his friends that Avery first makes eye contact with the gorgeous Gabe. But after a disastrous episode in the men’s toilet she escapes and hopes she never has to see him again after she had embarrassed herself in front of him! However they do meet again in the local coffee shop that Gabe’s family happen to own and he runs. It was from then on that the romance blossoms with a hiccup in between, but for the most part a sweet romance occurs.I had my misgivings for Gabe at first and thought he was a bit of a coward (which Avery even calls him at one stage) but it’s after getting to know what he is going through and has gone through that I realised he would have misgivings of a new relationship. After all if there was a threat of the people he loved leaving him then for sure he would be trying to protect himself. So I guess in the end I did get to like Gabe and thought the epilogue was especially sweet.Rain Check is a really sweet and tender book to read and totally satisfied my yearning on a sunny Sunday afternoon. I liked that it wasn’t overly angst ridden and kept things at an enjoyable pace. It did, in parts, even bring a tear to my eye.It’s a good solid story about family values, letting go of the past, building new foundations for the future and never letting go of love. Gorgeous. Four stars.