Reviews for Belonging

The average rating for Belonging based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-12 00:00:00 Susan Brookes And yet another highly readable foray into Raife's western Scottish highlands world. I enjoyed finding out about the onging lives of some of the characters from previous Raife books, and as always her style of writing just sucks me right into her stories. What I find so fascinating about her books is that she manages to engage me even when her characters and their actions don't. The lead male hero was absolutely one of the most obnoxious, personally disgusting and off-putting leads I've ever read about (and this is coming from one who did their fair sharing of reading 1970's Harlequin romances in my day with all their bossy alpha-males). Had Dan been a real man, I would have just as soon seen him castrated as not. And yet...and yet Raife makes her characters "real" in a way that is hard to explain. Their struggles, their experiences and their quirks make them believable to the reader, and in no way does Raife ever write her characters as Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's. They are often unlikable. Often obnoxious. Often quick to rush to judgement or fly into a temper. Just like a good many of us. If you're looking for books about unrealistically beautiful people who act in unrealistic ways, Raife is not the writer for you. But if you like stories about people who act much like you or people you know (except they live in this beautiful Scottish highland glen while you're stuck in Podunksville, USA), then I encourage you to give Raife a try.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-11-11 00:00:00 Jaime Hipolito [Dan has a child from a prior marriage. His ex has custody and Dan tells Rebecca that he has no intention of having a relationship with his child because she's a product of his ex's influence/upbringing. Never mind that this child might need a father. (hide spoiler)]