Review: Lesson Learned
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2013
Having read other works by Ms. Paulliere, I've come to the conclusion that she has a flair for writing messed up stories. Before you get me wrong, I mean that in a good way. Two previous novels I read had a character in them that I absolutely loathed, but in "Menage a Trouble", there was a man I couldn't help but feel sorry for, and a woman who I deeply admired. They are Jason, the male lead, and Nancy, the woman he eventually marries. Jason certainly made some mistakes throughout a large part of the book, thinking more with his low brain than his high brain when it came to getting involved with three lesbian couples, but he learned from those mistakes. Having Nancy, a former childhood friend, re-enter his life and show an interest in him -- a woman he thought he had absolutely zero chance with -- I think was the true catalyst for Jason, making so many things clear that weren't before. He learned a lot about himself and those six women he'd known before Nancy, and in seeing she was truly interested, he found he wanted to be a better person, to be worthy of that interest, and so he changed his life in order to be so. Of course, it didn't mean there wasn't some trouble on the road to their HEA, but the fact that they stuck together through it showed growth in both of them. I liked that Jason started out flawed and stayed flawed, but still grew as a character.I have to say, though, that my absolute favorite part of the book was the ending. SO FUNNY! I won't spoil it for you, you'll just have to read the book to see what I mean.(This book was presented to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.)