The Bend in Redwood Road by Danielle Stewart
Yeah, I'll admit it. Once again I was a victim of the Nook "cheap books to drag you in" gimmick. Yes, I paid under $3 for this. Yes, I read the whole thing. No, I won't be reading the sequel. No, I did not find it to be a great book. I really just should just learn my lesson.
I hate to label it a "trope" but there it is-I'm going to call it. Middle age woman abandons her newborn and years later longs to get in touch and explain her "why". Young woman on the brink of big changes in her life struggles, in the face of her loving adoptive family, with her longing to find her birth mother. Twists on the traditional story such as a cut short and potentially illegal adoption process and the situational complexities of a long distance marriage and an ill-conceived affair don't do much to bring this book out of the mundane. The daughter and her love interest have a g-rated relationship that seems right out of a Christian novel (kill me now) and I did not buy it for a second. One of those books that I flew through and was happy to set aside when I was done.
Rating: #6 Bearable, Just Barely
I hate to label it a "trope" but there it is-I'm going to call it. Middle age woman abandons her newborn and years later longs to get in touch and explain her "why". Young woman on the brink of big changes in her life struggles, in the face of her loving adoptive family, with her longing to find her birth mother. Twists on the traditional story such as a cut short and potentially illegal adoption process and the situational complexities of a long distance marriage and an ill-conceived affair don't do much to bring this book out of the mundane. The daughter and her love interest have a g-rated relationship that seems right out of a Christian novel (kill me now) and I did not buy it for a second. One of those books that I flew through and was happy to set aside when I was done.
Rating: #6 Bearable, Just Barely
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