By: Clemency Burton Hill
Published By: Headline Review
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5827-4
My Edition Published: 2013
Number of Pages: 380
Fave Quote: "Sometimes the tragedy is not the love that doesn't last but the one that does"
The Blurb:" When New York Journalist Natasha Bernstein loses her job and discovers her fiance has been keeping a dark secret, her world collapses. Turning to her family, she takes inspiration from her formidable grandmother Esther, Who runs a community center in downtown Manhattan. As she starts to rebuild her life, Natasha's friendship with Rafi- The enigmatic architect working on Esther's center- restores her sense of wonder at the world and her faith in who she is.
But when Rafi and Natasha take a trip to Jerusalem, they are plunged into a story far deeper then their own. Here, Questions of family and loyalty mean more then life itself and they must ask themselves what they are ultimately prepared to fight for.
In a divided world, is it history or love that makes us who we are?"
My Thoughts: Before we start I would just like to say a big thank you to the Publisher for sending me this book to review. Just reading the blurb on the back got me hooked and I was interested in finding out how this story would go. I must admit I don't read that much Contemporary/Romance but this book was different to all the others I have read for a start most authors shy away from major political and Religious issue this book tackles them head on from the perspective of two Americans who are from different backgrounds and for me thats what i love about this book it does tackle issues that are relevant to today. In the first half of this book we meet Natasha a New York Journalist who looses her job and finds out that her Fiance Josh has a secret which forces Natasha to rethink what she wants from life so she seeks advice from Esther her Grandmother who has a really heartbreaking story in this book and this is were she meets Rafi who is an architect and they seem to hit it off pretty well and after meeting up again on a night out a Romance begins. A few months later we catch up with Rafi and Natasha in a relationship but having a holiday in Jerusalem and because they are from different backgrounds the dynamic begins to change between the pair they are forced to look at some pretty dark stuff that no fault of there own that there family's had to go through and how there parents came to be in America. I loved the fact that this book is set in two different countries as the development of Rafi and Natasha is very different there perspective and personalities are different when they are in New York they are carefree they don't know too much about the past and then when they get into Jerusalem and find out about whats going on its there personalities change from being carefree kids to growing up and being adults and looking at life in a different way. We don't really get to know every Charcture espaclley Natasha's parents and sister it was very hard to form an attachment when I didn't know very much about them and what drives there motives to the things they did. I loved Esther's development as a chracture is brilliant but I just wish the other Chractures like Natasha parents and Sisters were bit more expanded upon as i thought Rachel would be brilliant to read about. There is a Plot twist and I loved it towards the end of the book it was great made me want to cry. This book is a great read for anyone who loves a different take on the Romance side of things and how two different people love each other and not let the past or religion get in the way it deffiantly makes you think afterwards when you have closed the book. I give this book 4/5 stars I enjoyed it very much and I look forward to read more from the Author. Its a heartwarming book and I hope more Authors can tackle issues like the ones in this book.
Thanks Again to the Publisher for sending me this book to read and review
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