Sometimes in Dreams by G. L. HelmMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
For the first part of this stop of the blog tour, G.L. Helm wrote a guest post which you can find here.
It's very rare for me to like a book while disliking the main characters of a book. It's rare for me to even finish a book if this is the case, yet I found myself compelled to finish this book.
Daniel Pentland is a broken man; torn between the two women
in his life. He is tormented by guilt over his love affair with a beautiful
English girl he met while living in Italy, and the loyal devotion of his wife,
Amanda.
Two years after the tragic death of his lover Kit, he is
continually haunted by her memory. Across the sands of the Mojave Desert, her
voice calls out to him, pulling at his heart and his memories.
Each night as Daniel wakes screaming and fighting against
the phantom of Kit’s killer, his wife does her best to soothe his pain and help
him overcome his grief.
Sometimes in Dreams
is a story of redemption through a love that simply refuses to die.
Review:
There were a lot of things I didn't like about this book. I didn't like Daniel, I didn't like Amanda, and I didn't like Kit. I didn't like the instant, all consuming love of Daniel and Kit. I didn't like that Amanda sticks with Daniel.
Normally, this would make me put a book down and give it up for a loss. As a reader, I want to connect with at least one character, otherwise I don't feel a connection to the story and I don't care enough to keep reading to see what happens to the characters.
That didn't happen with this novel, even though I didn't like these three characters, I needed to know how this story would play out. I wanted to know how Kit died. I wanted an answer for why Amanda stuck with Daniel. I wanted to know what was going on with Daniel in the present, not that I really cared.
I got my answer about Kit. I know why Amanda stuck with Daniel. I know how Daniel fares. I'm happy I finished reading. I liked the back and forth nature of the story. It felt as if the reader was on the journey with Daniel, through his struggles with dealing with Kit's death.
I say if the synopsis intrigues you as it did me, to give the story a chance. Sometimes the journey is worth taking.
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