Rating: 2 stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: Readers who like reading about serious real life problems in their romance
Warning! Review contains spoilers!!!
I may be unfair in my rating of this book, but honestly there's only so much depression I can handle in an harlequin. I mean, the writing was great, the characters well developed and interesting, but the problems these two faced.... man, that was some serious stuff!
I pick up harlequins for something quick and easy, not to read about life threatening issues! I do firmly believe that the issues tackled in this one were just too much for this kind of book and since I generally try to avoid books or films with depressing plots, I'd have steered away had I known beforehand just how miserable this one is.
As it is, the first half of the book was very, very good. It was emotional, it was very well written, it was touching. But when the clouds appeared in the horizon, I started wishing that I'd never picked it up. Perhaps, that's just me; I like to read mainly books that picture life with rose colored clouds and pretty rainbows. I don't want that much realism in what I consider my escapist reads. If however you appreciate realism in your romances and a good writing even if that means suffering a little heartache, I think this one does deliver. Well, the hero's love for the heroine may come out as a bit out of the blue, but it's a harlequin people! These things are meant to happen. However, things like going through a pregnancy where there's a high possibility of a baby being born with a fatal dicease AND having a puppy that's suffering from a fatal disease to boot are not meant to happen. I'm truthfully, too shocked to see all these things happening in such a book. It'd be different if the book belonged in another genre, like general fiction so I'd have been prepares, but as a romance, and a short one at that, I find it more serious than what I enjoy.
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