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Afraid of Her Shadow by Carol Maloney Scott
4.0
This is the second book of the Rom-Com on the edge series. I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed the first one. I wanted to know what was going on with Rebecca and also snoop on Claire.
Rebecca has been in a relationship with Steve for a year now. She has only been to his house twice in all that time and this is because he hasn’t cleaned out his house of his late wife’s stuff. He has a lot of baggage and Rebecca starts to question her love for him and her sanity when her ex shows up and starts clamouring for her attention.
Rebecca is usually very put together; she is independent, with her own condo. She has two cats that she treats like her children. She has a great job which she enjoys when she is not getting weird complaints. She also has a great social life. However everything starts to fall apart after she hits the one-year mark with Steve and he starts talking about getting more serious. It suddenly seems like a good idea to go back to her old ways.
Luke is a very interesting character! It is obvious that he has a very big ego and cannot accept the fact that Rebecca is avoiding and not obsessing over him. He is very different from Steve who is completely laid back but also very mature and afraid of hurting people. He is age appropriate and therefore very responsible whilst Luke has nothing to worry about except himself.
I loved how chaotic this story was: Rebecca was freaking out over everything, it was hilarious, whilst Steve was always so calm. A very good example of how men and women are so different. I love how this series is actually very realistic as stuff like this can happen. This is why I like Carol’s writing. She can turn the ordinary into something completely magical because this is real life; no embellishments required and it was still fun to read and I laughed a lot.
I am hoping that the next novel is about Gina because I really like her. She always has really good advice to give to frazzled Rebecca and this was great since Claire was turning into such a bridezilla! But I have to say that I enjoyed the conversations between these women and I am glad that Claire hasn’t given up on her ridiculous shoes!
Keep writing Carol :D
Rebecca has been in a relationship with Steve for a year now. She has only been to his house twice in all that time and this is because he hasn’t cleaned out his house of his late wife’s stuff. He has a lot of baggage and Rebecca starts to question her love for him and her sanity when her ex shows up and starts clamouring for her attention.
Rebecca is usually very put together; she is independent, with her own condo. She has two cats that she treats like her children. She has a great job which she enjoys when she is not getting weird complaints. She also has a great social life. However everything starts to fall apart after she hits the one-year mark with Steve and he starts talking about getting more serious. It suddenly seems like a good idea to go back to her old ways.
Luke is a very interesting character! It is obvious that he has a very big ego and cannot accept the fact that Rebecca is avoiding and not obsessing over him. He is very different from Steve who is completely laid back but also very mature and afraid of hurting people. He is age appropriate and therefore very responsible whilst Luke has nothing to worry about except himself.
I loved how chaotic this story was: Rebecca was freaking out over everything, it was hilarious, whilst Steve was always so calm. A very good example of how men and women are so different. I love how this series is actually very realistic as stuff like this can happen. This is why I like Carol’s writing. She can turn the ordinary into something completely magical because this is real life; no embellishments required and it was still fun to read and I laughed a lot.
I am hoping that the next novel is about Gina because I really like her. She always has really good advice to give to frazzled Rebecca and this was great since Claire was turning into such a bridezilla! But I have to say that I enjoyed the conversations between these women and I am glad that Claire hasn’t given up on her ridiculous shoes!
Keep writing Carol :D