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Laddar... Look the Partav Jewel E. Ann
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  kittyfoyle | Apr 23, 2024 |    ) Sheryl_B | Feb 4, 2024 |  ) DebJack | Jul 28, 2023 | Loved it. Steamy scenes were good but needed amping up in some areas. 16 & up could read this one. Well written. Fantastic characters. Great humor. Some heart wrenching areas. I will look for more from this author. ( ) bodebeabay | Sep 25, 2022 | Descriptive Sex: No. OW/OM: Yes. Cheating: No. Separation: Yes. Content Warning: alcoholism, drunk driving, mention of miscarriage, mental health, mention of abuse (verbal). ★ The one star is for Flint's assistant, Amanda. The best part of this book was every time she was fired. I would not have read this book had I known it included the elements mentioned in the spoiler. There were just too many obstacles for our couple that I cannot possibly give a higher rating. Especially when most, in my opinion, were absolutely unnecessary. First, Flint is constantly thinking about how he has killed his wife throughout the book. And also how much he loved her and doesn't deserve anything after killing her. And did I forget to mention that he killed her? Content warning very much necessary. It was 10 years prior and included as a flashback in the prologue. However, I soldiered right on because of all the raving reviews. I thought there must be something good enough in the book to overlook this fact. (hint: there isn't) Second, zero resolution with the ex mother-in-law. His dead wife's mother (Sandy) expecting Flint to not move on bothered me, but I'm more bothered by the entire lack of confrontation and resolution to this problem. Third, surprise pregnancy. She's taking care of her dad after his stroke (moved away and gone for at least a month), and their relationship is nonexistent at this time. They haven't even spoken to one another. I don't understand the need to bring in another obstacle into this. I mean, honestly, he already has guilt over his wife's death, an overbearing ex mother-in-law who threatens to take his son away, and an autistic son who takes change harder than most and needs time to adjust to with the idea of Ellen being in his life. And, speaking of Ellen, she also had her own demons. In a 24 month span (at least that's the time frame written), she has gotten a divorce from her verbally abusive ex-husband, lost her mother in a plane crash, and had to uplift her life to take care of her father who just had a stroke. But, you know... what the hell? Might as well throw in an unplanned pregnancy. Fourth, the car accident. While she's in her last couple weeks of pregnancy a drunk driver hits her. This event is then followed by him dropping off the face of the Earth while she is in the hospital recovering. Honestly, I was already skimming my way through by this point, but my anger was stewing. I believe this was actually meant to be used as a device (isn't the harm of the heroine always a writing device?) to get Flint to inform his son of how his mother died. But he didn't even do it! He just left them, Ellen, his son, and their new baby, in the lurch. So Ellen ends up doing it for him. And when he does decide he'd like to be present, there was no grovelling or discussion that he can't just abandon them when the going gets tough. Ellen accepts him back immediately then we get a lackluster epilogue. That was... a lot. And I apologize for all the negativity. I know I'm in the minority with this book, and it's most likely because I'm very passionate about how much I dislike those aforementioned elements. (  ) Pipkat | Jan 20, 2022 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Flint Hopkins finds the perfect tenant to rent the space above his Minneapolis-based law office. All the t's are crossed and i's dotted on Ellen's application. Her references are good. And she's easy on the eyes. Until . . . Flint discovers Ellen Rodgers, Board-Certified Music Therapist, plays music. Bongos, guitars, singing-not Beethoven administered through noise-cancelling headphones. The cutthroat attorney serves up an eviction notice to the bubbly, constantly humming redhead who's too sexy for her own good. But luck is on Ellen's side when Flint's autistic son, Harrison, takes an instant liking to her. A single dad can't compete with guitars-and rats. Yes, she has pet rats. This woman . . . She's annoyingly happy with a constant need to touch him-adjust his tie, button his shirt, invade his space, and mess with his mind. Still . . . She must go. Their lust-hate relationship escalates into something beautiful and tragic. This sexy, romantic-comedy explores the things we want, the things we need, and the impossible decisions parents and children make to survive. Contains mature themes. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
LibraryThing-författareJewel E. Ann är en LibraryThing-författare, en författare som lägger upp sitt personliga bibliotek på LibraryThing. Pågående diskussionerIngen/ingaPopulära omslag
 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyBetygMedelbetyg: (3.82)
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There is a lot of "autism speaks" type language in this book and I don't like it one bit, I didn't even get past 40 pages. The kid is also described as having "mild autism,"(this is not a thing) while being one of those characters that also happens to be a genius. It is sheldon cooper levels of stereotype. Like the language is on the one hand saying that raising this kid is too hard and on the other hand the kid seems to be hypercompetent, so the premise where the music therapist works with children with coordination, I don't see how she could help unless she is magic. (