Review: Good but too predictable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
It's no surprise that a book advertised as a romantic novel has plenty of romance. However, there are some really delightful characters in this short novel (Joey, Gramps, Margaret and even Arnold the dog) that were not fully exploited. While Gramps produced a single accident severe enough to warrant the fire department and Joey once triggered an ambulance appearance, I expected more scrambles following the buildup. Arnold was rather one-sided following his standoff with the gigantic Brutus and he sort of faded out towards the end making only one more albeit crucial appearance. Leah and Shane were the most predictable part of the book and therefore the least interesting. Ned, the villainous neighbor, gave the tale some spice, and I would have loved to see how Leah described him in the children's book she was writing...perhaps as an epilogue...