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Take My Name
by Brooke Montgomery
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed this story and getting to delve into Warren and Maisie. These two have a past being high school sweethearts and in love and making it through college and long distance while Maisie was in New York for school. Warren proposes and they get married and they have a summer together and the love is still there but Maisie is offered an internship in New York that she takes and Warren doesn't move with her. It's been years now and while divorce papers have shown up delivered to Warren's door, he has sent them back unsigned. He still loves Maisie and has worked to build they life they always dreamed of together and always considered himself married. I love how devoted he was to her. Even though things weren't smooth sailing and they were clearly having problems, he loved her and knew she was the one for him. When she comes back to get him to sign the papers as she is now engaged to another man, Warren has a proposition for her instead; give him 7 days to remind her why they fell in love, how good it was between them and could be again and if she still wants him to sign, he will. I enjoyed the way that Warren pursued Maisie and that the dates he took her own were about the important moments in their past love story and how they play a part in reminding her about different parts of herself as well as falling in love again. It is a second chance for the marriage that Warren is fighting for and how he sees all of Maisie for who she is, not just parts of her or who he wants her to be. This story was spicy with quite a bit of angst with the whole situation setup and fun as well. It was really well done and flowed so well. I was engaged from beginning to end and really rooting for Warren and Maisie to figure things out and get back together pretty much from the beginning. Technically while Warren and Maisie are still married they were estranged and Maisie is engaged to another man while this is happening so for some people could cross a line regarding cheating. I thought it was handled well throughout the story. It does have that Sweet Home Alabama feel to it in that regard. I loved getting to know Warren's siblings as well and can't wait for the next book in the series!
The narrators did a fantastic job with this story. It is done in dual narration and they both did such a fantastic job bringing the characters to life and acting out all the emotion and action in their voices. It was a great listen and very enjoyable.
I voluntarily reviewed an ALC of this book.
The narrators did a fantastic job with this story. It is done in dual narration and they both did such a fantastic job bringing the characters to life and acting out all the emotion and action in their voices. It was a great listen and very enjoyable.
I voluntarily reviewed an ALC of this book.