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emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
My first Nora Roberts! I enjoyed this quite a bit. Cam and Anna's romance was okay, but what I truly fell for was the bond between the brothers. I would die for Seth. 🥺 And I can already tell that I'll care more about Ethan and Grace's love story in the next book. The sex scenes were a lot more lyrical than I expected...they verged on overly sentimental, actually, but I'll take that over graphic descriptions (just personal preference!). Honestly, the whole book has an overly sentimal tone. I just embraced it.
The repeated use of "male" and "female" to describe how a person or the environment looked was funny/weird, and I chalked it up to this book being published in the 90's. Examples:"She wanted that all-male body pinning hers..." "She wondered if they realized how male the house seemed. Tidy as a pin, yes, but without even a whiff of female." I also felt a little uncomfortable with how some "romantic" scenes played out, with Cam doggedly pursuing a standoffish Anna. The reader knows that Anna does want to be coaxed this way, and it doesn't go so far that I'd call it harrassment...but still.
I recommend this if, like me, you don't mind romance taking a backseat to family or general life drama.
The repeated use of "male" and "female" to describe how a person or the environment looked was funny/weird, and I chalked it up to this book being published in the 90's. Examples:
I recommend this if, like me, you don't mind romance taking a backseat to family or general life drama.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity and Suicide