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A review by turophile
All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey
4.0
Another book that I read while recovering from a respiratory infection so memory is a bit hazy on this one so my review is a bit disjointed.
Shannon Stacey is one of my favorite contemporary writers and I was not disappointed by this book. As with most of her books, it’s a romance woven in with family drama centered around a group of brothers. It took a while for the characters to get together, but it was just the right length and amount of passion. The way in which the two main characters wrestled with how to reconcile the very different lives they lead felt very real as did learning from the failure of a friend’s marriage. That failure felt poignant and served as a good reminder that no everyone is happy all the time, even in romance novels.
Also loved one of the lines toward the ends “I want to be a necessity.”
A couple minor things that drove me a crazy. The use of interjections and long sentences at the beginning drove me crazy. The author and editor also missed some word choice fumbles. (To the best of my knowledge you can’t sew oats because it would be really hard to get a needle through them. See page 153 for two misuses, and the difference between sow/sew here: http://grammarist.com/spelling/sew-sow/
I thought it was good to know why Paige wasn’t dating, but I thought she ruminated on it too much. I also thought the town was so sex crazed it bordered on goofy.
Still a wonderful read. 4 on my 5 star romance scale.
Shannon Stacey is one of my favorite contemporary writers and I was not disappointed by this book. As with most of her books, it’s a romance woven in with family drama centered around a group of brothers. It took a while for the characters to get together, but it was just the right length and amount of passion. The way in which the two main characters wrestled with how to reconcile the very different lives they lead felt very real as did learning from the failure of a friend’s marriage. That failure felt poignant and served as a good reminder that no everyone is happy all the time, even in romance novels.
Also loved one of the lines toward the ends “I want to be a necessity.”
A couple minor things that drove me a crazy. The use of interjections and long sentences at the beginning drove me crazy. The author and editor also missed some word choice fumbles. (To the best of my knowledge you can’t sew oats because it would be really hard to get a needle through them. See page 153 for two misuses, and the difference between sow/sew here: http://grammarist.com/spelling/sew-sow/
I thought it was good to know why Paige wasn’t dating, but I thought she ruminated on it too much. I also thought the town was so sex crazed it bordered on goofy.
Still a wonderful read. 4 on my 5 star romance scale.