Review: Didn't like it.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2013
I picked this up as a Kindle Freebie.  When I saw the book, the title and description caught my interest.  I wasn't expecting great literature, but thought it might be a fun brainless read on the same level as the "Love Inspired" novels.  The idea of a single small-church pastor finding a wife should be a great set up for fun characters and comedy. Unfortunately, the story didn't deliver on that.  Yes, it's a short story, but it's still possible to have some meaningful conflict and character development within the bounds of a short story.  The biggest negative for me was that the romance was completely unrealistic.  Yes, sometimes people fall in love quickly.  But seriously--he proposes after the second date and everyone in the story thinks it's normal?  Including her parents?  That would never happen. If a couple came to my husband for premarital counseling with a similar story he'd have some pretty strong cautions for them, like perhaps taking the time to actually get to know each other first.  This is the first story in a collection, but I'm not at all interested in reading the rest of them.  There are too many other books out there that are actually good.