15 September 2011
Review: One Good Reason by Sarah Mayberry
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good reason
Sarah Mayberry
ISBN #: 978-0-373-71724-8
Harlequin Enterprises/SuperRomance
August 2011
Series Romance
288 Pages
BACK COVER BLURB:
Any
day now Jon Adamson will pack his bags and hit the road. After all, his
intention was never to hang around Melbourne once he’d settled his late
father’s affairs. Yet he hasn’t moved on. And it might have something to do with Gabby Wade. The not-so-big office
manager with the really big attitude is making Jon’s days…interesting…engaging…fun.
It’s impossible for him to resist her.
But
he knows himself—long-term commitments and cozy family dinners aren’t his
style. If that’s what the future holds, why is he still here? And why is he
spending all his days—and nights—with Gabby? Because maybe she’s the one reason
strong enough to make him stay.
What
if you discovered that all you ever wanted were the things you’d left behind?
COVER SNARK:
Sweet
cover, I'm nitpicky but they live in apartments not houses.
FIRST LINES:
Jon Adamson woke with a start. Someone was in his room. A heartbeat later, he was on his feet, fists raised, every muscle tense as he squared up to the intruder.
LYNETTE'S TWO CENTS:
Sarah
Mayberry is an excellent writer. Her stories are superbly written and layered exquisitely.
However, whenever this is not the first time reading a story of hers where I
thought that the characters of her novels needed to be in therapy instead of
the figures playing a prominent role in a romance novel.
It's
great that ONE GOOD REASON seems so realistic. It is a realistic, superbly
written novel, but I still had serious issues with the characters.
- Gabby.
- You slept with your boss.
Ewww. So not professional. And you're still working for him? I mean come
the F on. Why are you still working at a firm where you screwed the boss
for three years, a man you still love (who in my opinion was a dork and
he and his wife are oblivious freaks who are using you for their own
selfish purposes and to think they were the hero and heroine of a
previous book!). Really. You're an office manager, you can get another
job, especially since you've been there what three years since you and Ty
broke up.
- Screwing brothers. Ewwww! And
then you go and screw Ty's brother (the hero). Really. I mean no one had
an ick factor where you were screwing one brother and then the other.
Granted my male cousins used to pass girlfriends back and forth between
each other, but they were in high school at the time and they never did
it between brothers only other cousins (I come from a large family and we
all lived pretty much in the same neighborhood).
- Whine fest because you don't
own the company and can't shut up and do what you're told. You are the
office manager, you don't own the company what's what the hissy fit when
you're boss tells someone that they can use your computer. That was
sooooo lame. It's not your computer, you don't own the darn thing. He
does. Also, what business is it of yours how Jon is getting paid, kept
your freaking mouth shut and do what you're told. As a former senior
admin this aspect hit on my last nerve.
- Jon. Sorry man. You need
therapy not a girlfriend. And why didn't you have an ick factor when you
realized that your little brother had his wick in the pot you just dipped
yours into? And what's up with everyone patting you on the bat for nearly
killing a man. Granted something needed to be done about the situation but
really? Really? The judge should have at least made you go to therapy,
anger management, something if not jail.
Despite
my snark. Once again, ONE GOOD REASON is multi-layered, well-written novel, but
I just couldn't buy into their relationship and their happily ever after,
because the hero and heroine had such deep seated issues that 200 pages
couldn't solve.
WHERE PURCHASED:
Received
copy from publisher for review.
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2 people posted their 2 cents:
Ha! I don't know what to think. I really don't. At least it sounds realistic. I could see people doing stuff like this even if it is stupid and a bit...icky.
So many people love her. I can see why. It is realistic, but all I thought will reading was THERAPY THERAPY THERAPY!