Kika's Reviews > Finding the Dream

I read this book when I was 16 or 17 and that's the reason I'm giving it 4 stars. Had I read this book nowadays, and the rating would be definitely lower; But, as a teenager the story did leave a mark on me and I believe that perhaps, regardless of your age, this book may touch you like it once did to me.

So Laura is turning 30; She just had a rough divorce two years ago because her husband cheated on her with his secretary - how predictable can men be?! - and on top of that he ran away with all their money. So now she is a divorcee, with a big and expensive house to pay - it's her parent's legacy therefore she won't sell it - and two beautiful daughters that don't understand why their daddy went away - and of course at some point they will blame Laura for his leaving. With debts to pay and kids to take take of, Laura has two jobs that keeps her way too busy for anything else... until Michael comes along (and I leave the rest for you to find out when you read it ;) )

The reason I liked this book so much was the fighting trait of Laura; The way she handles every obstacle of her life and overcomes it, the way her love for her children obliged her to be emotionally stronger and the way it made her grew up was amazing. Of course, the other reason was Laura and Michael relationship: the bad-boy that turns her life upside down, wins the love of her children and, in the end, also stoles her own heart!
Now, the reason I don't like it all that much anymore is because now, when I think about the story, it seems kind of detached from reality; yes, Laura fights for everything she gets but, in the end everything is pitch-perfect: No character has a flaw, her children kind of forget their father and are happy with a substitute, and so on. It's a perfect illusional HEA kind of thing and maybe that's the real reason I don't enjoy it anymore.

Nevertheless, this is Nora Roberts writing so you know it's a light, amusing reading you will have either way.