Second chance romance. Sports. Second chance romance can be really good or just not... I find the reasons for the bre**spoiler alert** SPOILERS AHEAD.
Second chance romance. Sports. Second chance romance can be really good or just not... I find the reasons for the break up can either really work or not.
Wes and Jane.
They are high school sweethearts, Wes goes to college and tries to pursue his football career which is incredibly important to him. He basically gets so wrapped up in himself, the parties and integrating himself into his new life, although he thinks he loves Jane he leaves her behind.
He makes no time for her, blowing her off, missing phone dates and visits home. She starts to feel insecure, discovers she's pregnant asks him to come home so they can talk, she is desperate to see him.
He missed the signals and again says no, he's going to some party. She breaks it off feeling unimportant to him and has a miscarriage.
He goes on to sleep with countless women after the breakup and then falls in love with another woman gets engaged, finds out she's cheating so breaks it off then returns to play for his home team.
Quote from the book by the Hero about his feelings/behaviour.
"That’s a far cry from how I acted when we broke up. I went on a bender all throughout college, girl after girl after girl. It took me six years to settle on Trista, and another three years to propose to her, thinking that I’d finally found my forever. Look how that brilliant fucking idea turned out. Out of nowhere, Colin asks, “Are you really over her?” I give him a bewildered look. “Who, Trista? Of course. She—” “No, stupid. I meant Jane.” I almost have to laugh. The truth is you don’t ever really get over a woman like Jane. For me, she’ll always be The One Who Got Away."
The heroine is very involved with work so during the 10 year separation she dates but there are not many details.
They get together again, her friend, Alex and her dad talk to him, warning him not to hurt her so he chickens out and breaks her heart again by breaking it off.
For me the Hero was weak. He is very young at the time of the initial breakup but also self absorbed to neglect her.
Then when the 2nd break up happens, he doesn't feel good enough, blah, blah again no spine.
They get back together, he works for it a tiny bit but I felt she was a bit of a doormat, he needed to work for it big time, no enough redemption for me, esp after the recent breaking it off.
Not me, not my kind of Hero.
HEA. Epilogue.
No cheating. Separation 10 years. Hero falls in love with another woman and gets engaged. Heroine dates but no details. There are no intimate details of anyone other than the Hero and heroine. There is a text message which makes the heroine believe he is going to have sex with groupies but it's not from him....more
**spoiler alert** There is cheating in this book. It's a good premise but I wasn't keen on the style of writing. Some things were very unrealistic, for**spoiler alert** There is cheating in this book. It's a good premise but I wasn't keen on the style of writing. Some things were very unrealistic, for example the doctor explaining previous medical information at one point, he just wouldn't have gone in to so much detail which just happens to help the husband realise the truth and I don't mean breach of confidentiality, the doctor gives a long tirade of the previous treatment and the emotional state of the patient, it just wouldn't have happened without a lot more questions. Also the husband feels wronged and it didn't really make sense to me, in grief yes but at some point you'd think if he loved his wife so much he get the facts but he then tries to hurt the wife. He cheats repeatedly even in their home, I just don't think there is any coming back from what he does, he goes too far, and why did she stay so long. It is badly written, repetitive and unrealistic....more
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