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A review by sueread2030
Making It Right by Helen Wilder
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Finally 💜💜💜
⚜ rating: 4.25 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🔅
⚜Genre: Contemporary Romance
⚜Theme: Second-Chance Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Nicholas, Alannah
⚜Representation: Medical Condition
⚜Pace: Medium
⚜TW: abortion, humiliation, child endangerment
⚜ tropes: betrayal/Grovel, Not-My-Baby,
⚜ POV: Double first person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶 🌶
⚜standalone: yes
⚜Ending: HEA
⚜Book read: via KU
The book opens with Nick and Lana happily engaged with their Wedding in few weeks. Nick had a vasectomy when he was 21 because of his hereditary heart condition.
His first mistake is not telling Lana in fear of her leaving him.
Lana gets pregnant, she is excited, she tells Nick who threws a fit accusing her of cheating and kicking her out of his life.
What I loved about the book
- Most of the book is Nick redeeming himself, he is trying to fix the huge mistake he caused. His grovel comes in the form of actions reflecting his remorse. He never backed down from being in the wrong and played it down to "I already apologized, how many times do I have to say sorry". He kept saying sorry till the end.
- I loved Nick's flawed character. That man has issues and more secrets than a government secret agency. He had to learn to share and rely on others in his path to redemption.
- The family and friends' support was endearing and just right. Both Nick and Lana's family were on her side. They stood by her and did not cower on calling Nick's BS.
- Alannah put up quite against Nick's charm. She did not fall under his affection immediately. She was hurt and made it very clear that it will take time to even consider him back in their lives. I loved that she was not celibate and defended her actions. I loved how she maturely handled her family when she wanted to bring Nick back into their lives.
- The time frame was adequate. I think it took them about a year to get back together. Nick, in the meantime, did everything to prove to Lana that he is 100% there. He went to counseling with her, went back and forth between Sydney and Perth, and gave her the time she needed to accept him back, but most importantly, he worked on his relationship with his daughter.
What I didn't like
- The book dragged a bit. I understand the need for explaining everything and the flashbacks, but I do think 20 pages would have been cut off. However, this was a minor setback.
- The self-guilt Alanna started having. She began blaming herself for not contacting Nick's family and telling them about Charlie. In a way, I do understand that, but on the other had, they too did not make the effort to contact her and ask what really happened. So, I do not think Alannah should have felt that sorry.
- That last scene was unnecessary and to be honest it drew another red flag from Nick. The way he blamed Alannah for what happened was tasteless and the way she took it and thought he was right was infuriating.
other than that I liked the book very much
⚜ rating: 4.25 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🔅
⚜Genre: Contemporary Romance
⚜Theme: Second-Chance Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Nicholas, Alannah
⚜Representation: Medical Condition
⚜Pace: Medium
⚜TW: abortion, humiliation, child endangerment
⚜ tropes: betrayal/Grovel, Not-My-Baby,
⚜ POV: Double first person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶 🌶
⚜standalone: yes
⚜Ending: HEA
⚜Book read: via KU
The book opens with Nick and Lana happily engaged with their Wedding in few weeks. Nick had a vasectomy when he was 21 because of his hereditary heart condition.
His first mistake is not telling Lana in fear of her leaving him.
Lana gets pregnant, she is excited, she tells Nick who threws a fit accusing her of cheating and kicking her out of his life.
What I loved about the book
- Most of the book is Nick redeeming himself, he is trying to fix the huge mistake he caused. His grovel comes in the form of actions reflecting his remorse. He never backed down from being in the wrong and played it down to "I already apologized, how many times do I have to say sorry". He kept saying sorry till the end.
- I loved Nick's flawed character. That man has issues and more secrets than a government secret agency. He had to learn to share and rely on others in his path to redemption.
- The family and friends' support was endearing and just right. Both Nick and Lana's family were on her side. They stood by her and did not cower on calling Nick's BS.
- Alannah put up quite against Nick's charm. She did not fall under his affection immediately. She was hurt and made it very clear that it will take time to even consider him back in their lives. I loved that she was not celibate and defended her actions. I loved how she maturely handled her family when she wanted to bring Nick back into their lives.
- The time frame was adequate. I think it took them about a year to get back together. Nick, in the meantime, did everything to prove to Lana that he is 100% there. He went to counseling with her, went back and forth between Sydney and Perth, and gave her the time she needed to accept him back, but most importantly, he worked on his relationship with his daughter.
What I didn't like
- The book dragged a bit. I understand the need for explaining everything and the flashbacks, but I do think 20 pages would have been cut off. However, this was a minor setback.
- The self-guilt Alanna started having. She began blaming herself for not contacting Nick's family and telling them about Charlie. In a way, I do understand that, but on the other had, they too did not make the effort to contact her and ask what really happened. So, I do not think Alannah should have felt that sorry.
- That last scene was unnecessary and to be honest it drew another red flag from Nick. The way he blamed Alannah for what happened was tasteless and the way she took it and thought he was right was infuriating.
other than that I liked the book very much