Review: Sweet Romance, With a Few Drawbacks
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
I would've absolutely given this book a 5-star review were it not for a few things.  First, I had a very difficult time warming up to Angie, the heroine.  I'm just not a huge fan of the "my career is everything" heroine.  I also didn't care for the way she seemed ashamed of her upbringing.  Her father was a good, decent man who did his best to raise his daughter after her mother died; Angie simply came off as shallow, ungrateful and selfish to me.My second big issue was the portrayal of Jason's deceased wife, Calida; and BTW, why did everyone else in the story have a "normal" name except for that one?  Calida sounded like an absolutely horrible human being, more or less changing everything about Jason from his appearance to the very name he went by (because Ryan is so much more artsy than Jason, right?).  There was absolutely nothing that made me sympathetic toward her character, and I frankly found it hard to believe Jason was still grieving after a couple of years.Finally, I would have liked a little more explanation about the aunt.  Why was she so controlling?  Why did she think a daughter shouldn't be told about her own mother?  Why did Angie's father allow the woman such control in his own home and with his own child?None of these things would keep me from recommending this book.  It's a sweet, clean romance, with some well-developed characters.  For the most part, I truly enjoyed it, and would recommend it to anyone who likes a nice clean romance.