Review: 9 Years of waiting...worth it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
I found The Substitute Bride surprisingly good. I was prepared for your standard Montana tale but this one steps out of the box with a single parent in a small town, a violent alcoholic and an amazingly charming but lovingly weird man called Fly. I truly enjoyed the dynamic between Marly and her mom although I think that her mother put a lot of unnecessary pressure on Marly to avoid her so-called mistakes. It is a nice change of pace though from many meddling, marriage-obsessed romance story mothers.My only real issue with this story is that the ending felt...rushed. I thought that even after sex Marly would still be wary of what happened with Robin and Drake but, nope. Maybe it's because I have an isuse with too quick reconciliations but I just felt that after all they revealed, her rational mind would still have at least a modicum of self-preservation remaining. But again, nope. Their journey was good but I'd like to think their storybook romance would have been stronger if it took more than an orgasm to get over questions about this one issue.Overall though this was delightful, if a little light on the sex. I'll definitely go back and read the Montana Born Brides stories I have yet to purchase!