Review: Surprisingly Good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
With such a short description and no reviews yet, I didn't know what to expect. The book turned out to be surprisingly good.Mandy's first husband committed suicide. He had come to put money first, had embezzled  from work, was about to be caught, and had been emotionally abusive to Mandy and their five children. She sold everything to make matters right and was forced to take her children home to her father, a man who was even more of a villain than her husband had been. Home also meant seeing Seth again. She had fallen in love with him years ago, but he had uncharacteristically hurt her. She later learns he has thought the same thing about her.The novella has a dash of the Christian faith, but it does have a few curse words. It also has several scanning problems, like "pickets" for "pockets" and "couch" for "coach." There were some needed commas absent, and usage problems, like "from Iris and I." However, the strength of the story and characters overshadow these and render them minor. This is a strong character driven novel, which I really enjoyed.