Elena has known her husband since they were fourteen years old. Throughout their youth and adulthood, it is an understood fact that they will be together for life, but what was not known is that the husband's cousin had held Elena's heart since her teens.

After a long marriage that lacked passion and joy, the husband dies in a traffic accident, and his cousin shows up for Elena, but Elena just as she displays her weakness with everything else, does not relate well to the man she truly loves.

Throughout this novel, I had a difficult time with the main character. She may have been successful in some ways, maybe as a teacher, but she was a weakling in facing truths. She was a weakling in so many ways, acting so submissive and then suddenly flaring up. Her behavior left much to be desired even when she parted ways with her dead husband's partners. There was no need for that drama of making a scene, for example.

In addition, she harbored guilt feelings for the death of her husband, and not for a good reason. I actually felt bad for the two men in her life. After her husband's death, her actions toward the man she really loved were revoltingly indecisive.

Her final decision of forgiving herself and relating better to her lover came about after a near-death experience where she talked to the dead husband. This type of resolution is called Deus ex machina, when the story has been written to a corner and can only be brought to end 'by an act of God' rather than the character solving the problem.

The setting and the flow of the story were fine. I guess, in general, the book is readable, but as much as the main character seemed to suffer, by her own doing, it was difficult to feel for her.

wasting your time.

the main character. I don't like to read about women who act so delicate and weak while they are being mean to the world around them.

not read anything else by this author.

is Carrigan Fox.

I hesitate to recommend this book, although in some ways the writing is fine, scenes are smooth, and the story flows. Read at your own risk.

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