Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson
I've read other novels by Joshilyn Jackson. They are always smart, sassy and southern. Someone Else's Love Story is no different.
Shandi Pierce is madly in love. In love with her 3 year old son, Natty, whose birth she insists is a miracle. Shandi believes she's a virgin and hangs on to that belief until the day she and Natty are held hostage at gunpoint in a Circle K. The actions of another hostage, the hunky William, set her down a path of discovery. Although she may never want to share Natty, Shandi now wants to find his father and stand up for her rights as a mother.
Right there is where the story got weird for me. A virgin birth? I completely understand the dynamics of a college fraternity party fraught with drugs and alcohol. And that Shandi can't remember what happened that night is totally believable. I can even accept that she doesn't know who Natty's father is, but the virgin part... That belongs in the Bible and Shandi was no saint.
So right there I was turned off about the story. That doesn't mean it wasn't a fun read with a lot of laugh out loud moments. Ms. Jackson certainly doesn't disappoint with her snappy style of writing. I just simply couldn't get my head the whole premise of the story. This book was not only, Someone Else's Love Story, for me, it was someone else's story to love.
I've read other novels by Joshilyn Jackson. They are always smart, sassy and southern. Someone Else's Love Story is no different.
Shandi Pierce is madly in love. In love with her 3 year old son, Natty, whose birth she insists is a miracle. Shandi believes she's a virgin and hangs on to that belief until the day she and Natty are held hostage at gunpoint in a Circle K. The actions of another hostage, the hunky William, set her down a path of discovery. Although she may never want to share Natty, Shandi now wants to find his father and stand up for her rights as a mother.
Right there is where the story got weird for me. A virgin birth? I completely understand the dynamics of a college fraternity party fraught with drugs and alcohol. And that Shandi can't remember what happened that night is totally believable. I can even accept that she doesn't know who Natty's father is, but the virgin part... That belongs in the Bible and Shandi was no saint.
So right there I was turned off about the story. That doesn't mean it wasn't a fun read with a lot of laugh out loud moments. Ms. Jackson certainly doesn't disappoint with her snappy style of writing. I just simply couldn't get my head the whole premise of the story. This book was not only, Someone Else's Love Story, for me, it was someone else's story to love.
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