Review: Sweet But Too Involved
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2012
This was a sweet story and the writing was capable.  However, it could have been told in a lot fewer pages.  The constant tormented thoughts of the title character, Megan, weighed this book down unnecessarily.I thought that her angst ridden belief that she somehow didn't deserve a happy, fulfilling family life simply because she had gotten pregnant in college and given the baby up for adoption was way overdone.  Was it a difficult, heartbreaking situation?  Definitely, but hanging on to such negativity for close to ten years is unhealthy in the extreme.I also found Megan's 'Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam that is in your own eye?' situation regarding judging Scott's not attending church when she harbors such ill will toward her mother and the lawyer who facilited her child's adoption to be very off-putting.I did appreciate a romantic story that was gentle and respectful rather than full of smarmy thoughts and dialogue.This book had a lot of promise, but fell short in my opinion.