Review: Great Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
Book Review- Live by Mary Ann RiversDestiny has been going to the library everyday looking for a job.  She was laid off six months ago right after her father died.  She is getting tired of looking for a job but doesn’t mind going to the library because she gets to see him everyday.  He is the woodcarver working on a project at the library.Hefin is from Wales.  He moved to Ohio with his wife giving up his plans to work in China as an engineer.  When his marriage fell apart he contemplated what to do. He took the project at the library, when he had decided that this would be the last thing he did before going back home to Wales.Destiny caught his eye and he watched her from a distance just as she watched him.  It all changed when one day when full of frustration and sadness Destiny starts to cry in the library.  Hefin hates to hear her crying and approaches her.From then on they grow closer even though he still plans to go home.  He has been so afraid of messing things up and she has been so busy keeping her family together that neither one has been living their own lives.  The two together have made the other realize a bit of what they were doing.  When the time came for Hefin to go back to Wales he wanted Destiny to go with him and Destiny wanted him to stay.The book is a contemporary romance with real characters.  The Burnsides are a great family with issues and personality.  Destiny is the glue after their father dies that everyone takes for granted.The romance is a sweet one even though it seems the timing is bad.  Both Hefin and Destiny are trying to find themselves and decide what it is they want.  However both characters are dealing with their own issues which include guilt and letting it get in the way of something wonderful.  Their fear also almost ruins what they were building.  The author did a great job of portraying real emotion and relatable characters.  Destiny could be anyone you know.  I give it a 4 out of 5.