Gosh, it’s been a minute or two since I read this book –
life gets in the way of doing a review sometimes, but here goes…
Claire, after receiving a rather sordid shock – her fiancé,
another woman (you get the picture) – heads home to her family. - We’ll call
them the band of brothers. - To hide from the possible media ramifications of
her leaving the swine. She’s not sad – perhaps
relieved. I would be too. The commitment she was making was little more
than an obligation to expectation both from society and the charitable
organisation she was promoting (all the wrong reasons for marrying anyone, I
might add).
Anyway – enter stage right – Razer Bennington, honorary
brother – unofficially adopted by her parents in his youth due to the less than
desirable state of his own family life - and her long time crush.
Now that she’s back, an adult, unattached and rebelling,
Claire decides it’s time to get what she’s wanted forever – him.
He’s older than her – he thinks it means something. He’s obligated to her family for taking him
in and treating him like one of them.
He’s hesitant, worried about her brother’s reactions, but really when
she goes for it, he finds he can’t resist.
And so it goes.
It was fun. I liked
Claire, I liked her go get it attitude.
I liked her girlfriend, her brothers and will definitely read their stories
which will undoubtedly be in the offing in the future. They were human, loyal, flawed, you could say
a bit mental in some of their behaviour or is that just because they were male? You decide.
Razer tried to be honourable, not to give in to her ‘teasing’. He didn’t want to offend the family that had
made his youth more than just bearable, but also happy. Such an annoying trait, I might add, but only
because you wanted him to recognise that what he felt for Claire was genuine.
The characters and storyline were engaging. While my favourite style of writing is third
person, varying POV, first person in this case was acceptable because it came
from both Claire and Razer. You got to
know them, what they thought, what they felt and you could definitely empathise
with their struggle.
The only misstep in the writing I feel was near the
end. An encounter that happened between
the two protagonists was I think a little disingenuous, and perhaps, dare I
suggest it, a bit manipulative but the grand finale begged it. So, mwah, I guess you have to go with that... or not ;-)
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Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
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