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{November 19, 2012}   {Review} 5 Weeks by June Hopkins

From Goodreads: Annie Farnsworth is a 27 year old single mother, with a secret. Since the conception of her 7 year old son Harry, she has kept the identity of the father from everyone including the father, only one person knows the truth, her best friend Lissa but Lissa has just announced that she is to be married and Tom the secret father and the love of Annie’s life, is coming home to be the best man.

The next 5 weeks are a rollercoaster ride which Annie is not prepared for, with two men on the scene, her disgruntled parents to deal with, Harry’s new family to impress and some lies and deceit thrown in for good measure, it’s going to be a very bumpy ride.

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With its many funny scenes and “accidental” happenings to the main character, Annie, this is definitely a novel for adults to kick back with, and enjoy.  The circumstances surrounding Annie are quite funny, and many will grow to love her, though I personally found her to be a bit daft and somewhat annoying.  Don’t get me wrong, I found a lot of her circumstances to be hilarious, but her idiosyncrasies and irrational behavior also made me want to reach through the pages and smack her around.  Her disillusionment with Tom drove me insane, and though parts of it were funny, and I enjoyed the story overall, I still think Annie has a lot of problems…

One aspect of the novel that made it a little difficult for me to read was the many typos throughout the novel.  I’m not sure if they’ve been corrected since I was given a mobi by the author, but in all honesty, the typos were quite distracting, so I’m hoping they’ll be fixed in a second edition as the story really is quite good.

There’s a major twist towards the end of the novel that I didn’t see coming, but once light was shed on what really happened seven years ago with the conception of Harry, all the pieces came together, and it made a lot of sense.  I really enjoyed the twist; the happy ending also really solidified the story, and I was glad to see it all work out in the end as I really thought Tom was going to ruin everyone’s lives.  Overall, this is one of those cute reads that I suggest you pick up when you’re in the mood for something light.  Three and a half stars.

I received a copy of this novel from the author in excange for an honest review.



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