After a painful breakup, Marcia prescribes herself a two-week vacation to Homer. Time with her friend Traci John is all that’s on the agenda, not falling for the first guy she meets.
Storm Gaige is handsome, kind, and polite. He’s an educator, like her, and he wants kids, like her. For Marcia, it’s an instant attraction. The problem is, there are over 2,140 reasons for her not to like Storm, give or take a few miles. But, distance isn’t the only issue.
My Take:
I received this story in exchange for an honest review.
First, I enjoyed the story, however, I thought it was too short. I liked Marcia from the very beginning when she struggled to walk into the pawn shop with her engagement ring. It represented all the wasted years and all that she had hoped for, so she did sell it for the chance to spend a few weeks with her best friend. It was easy to cheer for her after that and to understand her insecurities.
When she reaches Alaska she feels an instant connection with Storm, even though she doesn't know why. I didn't have a problem with that. This is where I thought the story was too short though. Although we see Storm doing nice things for Marcia, she's kind of clueless. And since we don't see anything from his point of view we have to fill in the gaps when she zones out. And she zones out every time she gets insecure. That in itself wouldn't be a problem if we had a few more chapters of Storm drawing her out of her shell, talking to her, telling her point blank how he feels about her. Because that's what she needs. She's not good at picking up the clues.
All in all I liked the story though and see a lot of potential in the writing. I'd give another story by Tina Scott a chance based on this one.
I give Love in Alaska a 3.8-4 and a clean rating. It's sweet and hopeful, and I enjoyed glimpses of life in Alaska.
1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure
Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no sex on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, sex is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to sex), more talk about sex, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but sex is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on screen sex
R--swearing (F bomb, on “screen” sex, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the sex and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always
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