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At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information. You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on our site once we've reviewed them. View all 26 comments. What I liked about this book: I really liked the Australian setting. I rarely read books with settings outside the UK and the US, and it was a pleasure to immerse myself in this world.
The author was quite good with that. He had his own set of problems, but as the reader, I was able to see his POV and thus understand why he viewed Lea the way he did. I thought him What I liked about this book: I thought him a likable character. I was able to identify with him, and so his anguish at his situation affected me. I like reading about parents' love for their child. I think it is the most amazing thing in the world, particularly the bond of a father and daughter. Though this author was not Jodi Picoult an author I feel writes parent-child relationship stories quite nicely , she did convey very well the intensity of parents' love could be for their child, and the lengths they would go to to save them.
As Jodi Picoult did in her novel, My Sister's Keeper, this author chose to use genetic planning as a tool in her book. It became the means of getting two people together. While Jodi Picoult explored the ramifications of what genetic planning would mean to a family, this author did not. On the one hand, I could understand that since romance was the primary focus of the book.
On the other hand, it bothered me a bit that a delicate issue such as this appeared to be used so lightly. Aside from the moral qualms of Riley that the reader sees, the reader is asked to accept the fact that everything is okay. However, there are many delicate issues that are used in this way in many other books that I've haven't had as much problems with so likely my issue with this one is that I had read My Sister's Keeper first and this had influenced me.
What I didn't like about this book: Molly being a convenient prop and not a fully fleshed character, Lea's inability to talk and get past her issues as well as her stubbornness, author touching too little upon controversial medical issue - and the fact that Riley doesn't talk about his own feelings about it to Lea as I tentatively recall. I just finished reading the book. I do not recall Riley ever speaking to Lea about his own feelings about her reason to conceive another child as having influenced how he viewed her.
I could be mistaken, though, since my memory isn't the best. I feel that the two protagonists spent most of their time angsting and brooding rather than talking it out with each other. I did not dislike Lea. Her desperation to save her daughter drove her to the lengths she did. Her childhood experiences became obstacles she had to overcome to reach her HEA, just as Riley's did. However, I think I just got tired of her moaning about it, not talking about it, pushing Riley away, etc. It was such a relief to finally see her confess to Riley.
As for Molly, she seemed like such a sweet girl. It was a pity that she also seemed more like a convenient prop that the author used to drive her two characters together, and then to forget about when the focus was on her two characters. In at least one scene that I clearly recall, it would have been so obvious that Molly would react to what was going on between the two adults. Yet, we see the two adults conversing with each other with Molly nowhere in sight. Despite the fact that Riley has mentioned how perceptive children were, Molly was surprisingly oblivious to what was going on between the two adults she loved.
Finally, I feel deprived of not being shown how Molly had reacted to the knowledge that Riley is her father not a spoiler since it is practically given in the blurb , and how she had reacted to her new family. This book has been in my Kindle library for months, I had totally forgotten about it, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it while browsing the library for a new book to read on a lazy Sunday. What a great, romantic and touching story.
Heartbreaking at times, but guaranteed to warm your heart and fill it with all kinds of emotions. The s This book has been in my Kindle library for months, I had totally forgotten about it, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it while browsing the library for a new book to read on a lazy Sunday. The story hooked me from the very first pages, and the Australian setting intrigued me having read mainly books set in the US or Canada recently, Australia was something new I was looking forward to discover.
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I immediately bonded with Lea and Molly, and I obviously got very curious to know more about Reilly, a handsome Australian rodeo champion - well, hello there! I can't deny that at times I wanted to strangle both Lea and Reilly because of their stubbornness and their stupid pride, but I couldn't help loving them both. They were very believable characters, with their own flaws and their own fears, but they were strong, independent and passionate. And the chemistry between them?
Oh my God, it was almost tangible, even though there are absolutely no sex scenes in this book - apart from a couple of hot kisses, but that's it. I would've liked the epilogue to be a little longer, to tell us more about what happened next view spoiler [after Lea and Reilly became a family and raised their children together hide spoiler ] but nevertheless I liked it because I got my happy ending. This is a beautiful story every romance reader and HEA lover should read. I will definitely read more books by this author. View all 4 comments. The story begins with the heroine Lea travelling with her little daughter Molly to visit the hero Reilly.
Five years ago Lea and Reilly shared a night together, Lea had left in the early hours never seeing him again and did not tell him that he is Molly's father.
Reilly is surprised to see Lea again, he was angry that she left as he felt they had connected and he is even more angry when he learns of Molly's existence. Lea informs Reilly that Molly is very sick and needs a bone marrow transplant, The story begins with the heroine Lea travelling with her little daughter Molly to visit the hero Reilly. Lea informs Reilly that Molly is very sick and needs a bone marrow transplant, preferably from the cord blood stem cells of a full sibling.
She asks Reilly to get her pregnant again so this would be possible. Reilly tells her that due to injuries sustained while he was a Rodeo competitor he can't get her pregnant in the biblical way! But offers her the use of his banked sperm. Both Reilly and Lea are wary of relationships from issues in their childhoods.
Reilly sees this new baby as his last chance to have his own family, and sets the condition that Lea must give him full custody once the baby is born. Lea knows that giving up the child will be one of the hardest things she will ever do but knows she must in order to save Molly. As Lea and Reilly spend time together during her pregnancy they begin to get to know one another properly and start to work through some of their own issues.
This was a very emotional and intense book, and very beautifully written. The characters are both very well developed, and I really enjoyed the fact that both were flawed and had the chance to grow and move on within the story. Nikki Logan has certainly written about a hard hitting subject with the impending loss of a child and a parents attempt to do anything in their power to save that child.
I will admit that I felt a little uncomfortable initially about the subject matter of creating one child in order to save another, however this was handled with care and sensitivity by the author and there was no doubt that the characters would love the new baby equally. I loved the Australian countryside setting and all the references and descriptions of the local nature, although I did have to keep looking up the occasional thing after not having a clue what it meant! I have actually learnt quite a few things about Australian nature and wild life from reading this book!
Originally posted at http: Apr 23, LaFleurBleue rated it it was ok Shelves: This book really had potential but kept disappointing me. The main topic dealt with relates to a woman wanting to have a second child as a means to save her first born. Not an easy topic, but with really good potential, except it was barely brushed. Then some additional difficulties add up, male infertility - also barely brushed - infidelity, surrogacy None of them really handled. More than a few times I had the feeling the author chose the easy way out, glossing over the reality to hide some This book really had potential but kept disappointing me.
More than a few times I had the feeling the author chose the easy way out, glossing over the reality to hide some additional heart-wrenching choices. First example, the hero "conveniently" became infertile, so that they had to resort to IVF to get a second child and could not just have sex. Or worse like the fact that the IVF procedure so conveniently produced only one embryo to be implanted, with no spare that might not succeed in getting implanted and would then die, or worse with additional embryos that might need to be frozen or disposed of.
That really disappointed me as it's very rare that IVF is mentioned in a romance and relatively correctly described, except for one small mistake in the procedure. But unfortunately it was once more described through rose colored glasses. Success at first attempt and no further dilemma.
Anyway the most disappointing part was definitely the romance and the character development, because basically those are not really there. The characters are closed off to anyone else, except for the child. And they remain such until the end of the book, when they suddenly realize they will have to improve their communication. That's true, but I did not believe in it, as it did not seem backed by any deep willingness to change.
Maybe the Australia setting made this one work for me. Because the heroine was a blind fool. You wonder why Reilly is upset with you? You got pregnant, had the kid and never told him! Then she shows up 5 years later and demands another child. Ok the reason was good, the first girl is dying and needs stem cells. But the way she just shows up, let him be angry cos you stole 5 years of his first child's life first. So Lea has issues.
Daddy issues, and she wanted to do it alone. Reilly was Maybe the Australia setting made this one work for me. Reilly was a good guy. A former rodeo driver, and well, I liked him. Maybe not every thing he did, but I understood him. We all know they will end up together, but there will be struggles first since Lea is a fool. Aug 09, Michelle Styles rated it liked it. Also avoid publisher series, unless the publisher has a true monopoly over the "works" in question.
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