It's a bit of a bummer to kick off this month with a book that I did not particularly enjoy, but what can you do? I chose this because I was craving contemporary romance with a small town setting, and that's precisely what this is.The book opens with our super broody hero, Gabe, who's pretty sure he wants to kill himself. Naturally, though, he's stopped in the nick of time by a dog, who subsequently gets caught in a bear trap, which prompts Gabe to take him to a vet. Enter Nic, our heroine for this book. She heals the dog and, you know, Gabe's wounded soul.
Let me open up with the things that this book has going for it. The town, Eternity Springs, is predictably quite charming. It's residents are sweet, quirky people with interesting pasts--exactly the kind of thing to build a series on.
I actually liked Gabe at first. I like damaged heroes. He even has a good reason for being damaged. His wife and son died in a car accident, and he can't get past the grief. And also, he used to be a spy and a prisoner of war or something. Yeah, the spy thing is a little odd. Nonetheless, I was very much in his corner at the start of the story and well into it.
So, this is the point where, in order to talk about the things in this book that I did not like, I have to get spoilery. Very spoilery. So stop right here, future readers of this book.
