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A review by tita_noir
Anton by Brenda Rothert
3.0
3.5 stars
A fairly shortish book (under 200 p) that felt longish.
I think it was the very slow burn aspect of the central romance. At the start the heroine, Mia, is trying to get out of an abusive marriage. Her husband is a professional NHL player and a teammate of the hero, Anton. Anton has had a from- afar unrequited love thing going on with Mia for years.
As the story begins, Anton realizes that Mia and Adam (her estranged husband) are separated and she is in a bad way. Slowly he befriends her and tries to help her in small ways. Until she can get out from under her abusive marriage and rebuild some self esteem.
This was a very engrossing read that in the end I did enjoy. There were some places that I was like "can we get on with it already" but I did like that Anton took his time. He was an actual hero. And Mia was a very root worthy heroine.
Nice book to end my 2019 reading year on.
A fairly shortish book (under 200 p) that felt longish.
I think it was the very slow burn aspect of the central romance. At the start the heroine, Mia, is trying to get out of an abusive marriage. Her husband is a professional NHL player and a teammate of the hero, Anton. Anton has had a from- afar unrequited love thing going on with Mia for years.
As the story begins, Anton realizes that Mia and Adam (her estranged husband) are separated and she is in a bad way. Slowly he befriends her and tries to help her in small ways. Until she can get out from under her abusive marriage and rebuild some self esteem.
This was a very engrossing read that in the end I did enjoy. There were some places that I was like "can we get on with it already" but I did like that Anton took his time. He was an actual hero. And Mia was a very root worthy heroine.
Nice book to end my 2019 reading year on.