June 30th, 2007
Wonderful You
Last night, instead of going out, I settled down to a book “Wonderful You” by Mariah Stewart. Right now, I am on a Mariah Stewart kick. I absolutely love her style of writing and that most of her books are tied together by family characters. This book seems to be one of her earlier books, because it is just a romance novel. It is not smut and its not mystery. It is an all around true love story. She takes a lot of time building the characters and giving them background stories. She makes you love Zoey and love Ben, the main characters in the book. They knew each other a long time ago, so it was no surprise that they fell in love so hard and so fast. But the book doesn’t always center around these two, you get to also know about Delia, Zoey’s mother. The one thing I didn’t like is I never caught what Maureen, Ben’s mother died of. This does not count as a spoiler, you find out his mom died when he was a kid right in the prologue. I know it probably wasn’t in the book because it really doesn’t matter, but still, I’m a curious person. I would recommend this book for someone who loves to read and wants a romance (as in love) story to read. I had a hard time putting it down last night and it was the first thing I did this morning. That’s when I know I have a good book, when I make sure to read and finish within a day. It was a little slow moving in the beginning, but once you get into the book, you fall in love right along with the characters.
