This book is a work of contradiction. It begins with so many promises. Protoganists both betrayed in the worst way by their own spouses. A tale of a woman who has been suppressed her whole life and finally finds the strength to stand up and fight for her independence. Who could resist such an inspirational story?
Obviously, I for one can't stand it.
With a lot of potentials mentioned, the execution's somehow gone very wrong -- to turn a very sympathetic, rootable character into a stubborn dimwit, for an example.
At first I tried to understand Leah's reaction to catching her husband cheating. It's the era, et cetera. However, what I can't understand are her actions after the accident. Considering she can wait that long not to rebel, would it have been wiser if she had waited just a little longer to prevent any social repercussions and financial consequences? Why do it in the way that only harms herself and other innocent, injured party? If she's prepared to be casted out anyway, why not do something while the cheating couples were still alive and take them down with her? At least then she could have had her revenge. Apparently the heroine in this book is not an articulating type, to put it mildly.
I know it's hard to sustain tension level after the main couple have consummated their relationship. Indeed few authors succeed in this regard in consistent basis. This author solves the problem by delaying the consummation as long as possible, beyond the point of absurdity. Even the couple themselves are not quite sure why the hell they are not doing it already.
However, I still found myself several times during the book speaking to myself 'what a waste!'. Because I got a glimpse of a talented hand behind all these debacles. A talent who is able to produce sharp and at times explosive dialogues that kept me going till the very end despite many times I wanted very much to throw the book away. And this is what I said in the beginning about contradiction.
2.5/5
Read it yourself.
