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A review by yousrabushehri
His Secondhand Wife by Cheryl St. John
4.0
I've always had a soft spot for the 'beauty and the beast' type story. All about finding love and accepting a person who has been shunned due to their different exterior. Especially in this day and age where appearance has taken over as one of the most important things in a person's life. It's kinda sad to see how preoccupied people get on their exteriority that they forget and neglect their interiority and personality.
Anyway, this story is about a man name Noah who decides to do the honorable thing and take care of his half-brother's widow. Noah has, since the age of 13 (I think, if I'm remembering correctly), been self conscious and disgusted from his scarred appearance due to an unfortunate accident. And so, this is about the struggle of not only finding love, but also accepting love from others and accept yourself.
Kate was such a bubbly and fun character and I really loved that nothing got her down. She looked at the good in everything and just sort of accepted life with all its flaws.
I just really loved seeing their relationship grow and especially Noah grow as a person. It was like watching him slowly come out of his shell and just find peace in the love of this one woman.
Some people might comment on the fact that this book had details similar to Beauty and The Beast, but I honestly didn't notice until I finished the book. It was so seamlessly written and incorporated within the story and setting that it didn't feel out of place or forced to fit.
There was a couple hot scenes, but it was beautiful to read because it wasn't just about the act of sex, it was so full of struggle and pain for Noah to open up in this way, you could feel it jump out at you from the page. It was just so intense.
Overall, I give this a good 4.5 stars.
Anyway, this story is about a man name Noah who decides to do the honorable thing and take care of his half-brother's widow. Noah has, since the age of 13 (I think, if I'm remembering correctly), been self conscious and disgusted from his scarred appearance due to an unfortunate accident. And so, this is about the struggle of not only finding love, but also accepting love from others and accept yourself.
Kate was such a bubbly and fun character and I really loved that nothing got her down. She looked at the good in everything and just sort of accepted life with all its flaws.
I just really loved seeing their relationship grow and especially Noah grow as a person. It was like watching him slowly come out of his shell and just find peace in the love of this one woman.
Some people might comment on the fact that this book had details similar to Beauty and The Beast, but I honestly didn't notice until I finished the book. It was so seamlessly written and incorporated within the story and setting that it didn't feel out of place or forced to fit.
There was a couple hot scenes, but it was beautiful to read because it wasn't just about the act of sex, it was so full of struggle and pain for Noah to open up in this way, you could feel it jump out at you from the page. It was just so intense.
Overall, I give this a good 4.5 stars.