Reviews for UN Asunto De Familia

The average rating for UN Asunto De Familia based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-10 00:00:00 Iggy Ramos These two belonged together. They were both so messed up and had imprinted their hurt on each other from such an early age, that only they could heal each other. This is an intense story with just the H/h as a focus. The heroine had loved her stepbrother since she was 15 - even though he was never nice to her. Five years before, when heroine was 22, she was vacationing in France with her stepfather and hero. She shyly flirted with the H and he finally gave into his lust for her that night. Heroine was a virgin and it was painful. Hero is horrified he lost control and said horrible things to her. Heroine fled, had a miscarriage, and hasn't let a man touch her since. Hero seeks her out after five years because he wants to buy land from a widow and he needs the heroine there as fake fiance. He's impotent and doesn't want the widow to know. (Just roll with it - it was a flimsy excuse) He's also just found out heroine lost his baby and he realizes it's time to make amends and face his demons. And what demons he has. Too often the asshat heroes explain about an evil mother or stepmother in a paragraph or two, but DP dives into this hero's psyche in a way I don't usually see in a category. Hero is messed up. He thinks love = humiliation and vulnerability and shows this over and over again in his fear masked by aggression. Heroine puts up with his neurosis because she loves him. Is that good or bad? I don't know. DP gives them both an HEA because of the stubborn strength of their love. The story makes sense, but I don't think you could replicate this in real life. Hero was too messed up and had acted out to much for mere romance to solve his deep-seeded issues. The heroine being afraid of sex after her rape-like first time was actually less of a trauma than what the hero was experiencing. If you like a deep dive into someone's psyche, you might like this. But warning - the hero is guilt-ridden mess about the rape, the miscarriage, his treatment of the heroine. DP is sympathetic to both the H/h, but some readers might think that the hero is given too much sympathy - making it all about him - especially when he is so unhinged at the end. (Like driving drunk, leaving on his wedding day, throwing the heroine's clothes out the window Read at your own risk, especially if sexual trauma, erratic male behavior, and obsessive thoughts are triggers. It's an intense story, but not a very healthy one. H/h are both celibate during their separation. This was a sequel of sorts to Maggie's Dad, but we never see those characters. There are just a few references - and it's the same town in Wyoming.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-28 00:00:00 Kevin Ledoux So...he had sex but hadn't had an orgasm? Huh? I feel a re-read coming on. I guess he had sex but had never felt "close" to the women or something. Whatever. I wanna call him TSTL-am quite twitching with the need to do so actually-but, I just can't. This guy was damaged and needed some serious therapy. He was so mean, cruel even (surprise, DP hero afterall) throughout the book that I really started not even liking him. Then the big old jerk got himself all drunk and I just melted as he succeeded in releasing the reins on his tightly held emotions and got all sappy. I know. I am a sick, sick reader who needs a 12-Step Program. This guy just got to me when he really shouldn't have. There were some moments-few and far between to be sure-but there were some moments of blazing clarity and such depth of emotion that I was actually stunned by her overall vision and characterization of this guy. Others, I am sure, will read it and think I've gone quite off my rocker. Perhaps, I have. There was a bit of a c'mon, seriously moment at the end because real life doesn't give always give us such a nicely wrapped package...then I remembered that this was FICTION and gave in to the sheer beauty of that singularly DP gift of both love and redemption.