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catastrothree 's review for:
The Military Wife
by Laura Trentham
ARC received from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
Full confession: when I read the blurb and saw that Laura Trentham was moving away from purely contemporary romance into "women's fiction" like two of my other favourite romance writers before her (Jill Shalvis and Sarah Morgan), I am not going to lie: I was disappointed. I wanted more full blown small-town Southern romance preferably in Cottonbloom or a place very much like it!
Well, I am still unsure about what is causing this genre movement but I tried not to judge a book by itscover genre and went into The Military Wife with an open mind and I was soon loving it!
I loved Harper and of course her growing relationship with Bennett. Obviously I was most invested in that plot arc but I felt Allison's pain and everything she was going through too. Harper's Mum was a fun secondary character and was the source of many a lighthearted moment. The only plot strand that I felt I could have done with more resolution on was how Ben felt about his mother being away such a lot and the changes with a new house / Dad / sibling.
Full confession: when I read the blurb and saw that Laura Trentham was moving away from purely contemporary romance into "women's fiction" like two of my other favourite romance writers before her (Jill Shalvis and Sarah Morgan), I am not going to lie: I was disappointed. I wanted more full blown small-town Southern romance preferably in Cottonbloom or a place very much like it!
Well, I am still unsure about what is causing this genre movement but I tried not to judge a book by its
I loved Harper and of course her growing relationship with Bennett. Obviously I was most invested in that plot arc but I felt Allison's pain and everything she was going through too. Harper's Mum was a fun secondary character and was the source of many a lighthearted moment. The only plot strand that I felt I could have done with more resolution on was how Ben felt about his mother being away such a lot and the changes with a new house / Dad / sibling.