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Summary: Too crowded
Review: My main problem with this book was that it was much too crowded. It had too many issues to give each of them the space they deserved to be fully developed. Helen's military career, Nat's blindness, the custody battles, the kids themselves and their problems accepting all the changes in their lives AND the love story. All this in a 250-page book.Ramin made a good effort, for the first 150 pages, more or less, but in the last 100 pages I thought she lost control of the plot threads by adding a kidnapping and the visit of a weird relative, too, which further crowded the book. I wouldn't have minded the crowd so much if the romance hadn't been shortchanged, but it all but disappeared in that last part, and the book became a chore to read. Until then, she'd succeeded in showing excellent chemistry between Nat and Helen, but she blew it. It was an interesting book at times, yes, but ultimately not a success for me. Of course, I might have been influenced by the fact that being dropped into a ready-made family with 5 kids is my idea of hell ;-)
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Review: Nat Crockett lost his wife, kids, and eyesight within a short period of time. His eyesight was due to an accident, but his wife left him for his best friend. She also took his kids and the court sided with her that his disability left him unable to properly care for his children. Now almost five and a half years later he was getting his kids, Zach and Cara back. His ex-wife Amanda and her husband John were killed in auto wreck. Colonel Helen Brannigan lost her husband, who married Nat's ex wife. She also lost custody of her daughter when her ex-husband claimed that due to her job she could not properly take care of their daughter. Now her ex is gone and she wants her daughter, Libby back. They catch Nat and Helen off guard when they tell them that they have both been given joint custody of Zach, Cara, and Nat. That is not the only surprise in store for them. They have also given them joint custody of their ex-spouses other two children, Max and Jane. As if that were not enough to shock them they also find out that Nat's ex-wife's parents are trying to sue for custody of all the children. They may have caught Nat and Helen off guard, but they try to make the best of it. Both love their kids and will do anything to keep them, even marry. This was a good story, although I felt it had too many subplots. As if joining this dysfunctional family together was not enough other problems crop up. Nat's blindness, Helen's job, Zach's emotional problems, the custody issue, the extended family's, Nat and Helen's attraction to each other, and many other problems that develop. I just felt that it was too much for one book. I have read this authors more recent books that I feel are much better.
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Review: Nat Crockett lost his wife, kids, and eyesight within a short period of time. His eyesight was due to an accident, but his wife left him for his best friend. She also took his kids and the court sided with her that his disability left him unable to properly care for his children. Now almost five and a half years later he was getting his kids, Zach and Cara back. His ex-wife Amanda and her husband John were killed in auto wreck. Colonel Helen Brannigan lost her husband, who married Nat's ex wife. She also lost custody of her daughter when her ex-husband claimed that due to her job she could not properly take care of their daughter. Now her ex is gone and she wants her daughter, Libby back. They catch Nat and Helen off guard when they tell them that they have both been given joint custody of Zach, Cara, and Nat. That is not the only surprise in store for them. They have also given them joint custody of their ex-spouses other two children, Max and Jane. As if that were not enough to shock them they also find out that Nat's ex-wife's parents are trying to sue for custody of all the children. They may have caught Nat and Helen off guard, but they try to make the best of it. Both love their kids and will do anything to keep them, even marry. This was a good story, although I felt it had too many subplots. As if joining this dysfunctional family together was not enough other problems crop up. Nat's blindness, Helen's job, Zach's emotional problems, the custody issue, the extended family's, Nat and Helen's attraction to each other, and many other problems that develop. I just felt that it was too much for one book. I have read this authors more recent books that I feel are much better.
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