This lighthearted romance is probably intended for the “New
Adult” group, but I found it a lot of fun and I could recommend it for Young
Adults who would prefer a romance novel with all the humor and struggle and
without the explicit sex. Ms. Hathaway
leans a little too heavily perhaps on a love of Jane Austen as a plot device,
but her homage to Austen’s Persuasion provides the reader with the requisite
hero and heroine for whom to cheer and the villain to hiss, although he is
perhaps not as villainous as Mr. William Elliot. Lucy and Jem dated in high
school and were deeply in love. Lucy’s
family were wealthy and influential and Lucy’s aunt convinced her to break it
off before they went to college. (Sound familiar?) After ten years apart, they are brought back
together. Jem is now a successful doctor
and Lucy’s father has spent the Crawford family into the poorhouse. Though neither knows it, both are still
carrying the torch. It is great fun to
watch them suffer their way through figuring out that each still loves the
other. This time, Lucy vows that she
will not let her family tear them apart, etc.
You get the idea. A light, fun,
fast read for someone who enjoys a clean romance. I have to hand it to Ms. Hathaway for
managing to inject tension into the story without resorting to sex scenes.
This book is set to be published November 11, 2014
June’s Rating System:
Language—G;
Nudity—G; Sexual Content—G; GLBT
Content—G; Violence—PG; Adult Themes—PG
Robin’s Comments:
I would probably give this one only to High School just
because the characters are older and therefore more likely to appeal to HS
students.
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