Review: What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

by Keira on May 22, 2010 · 0 comments

in 3.5 Stars, A-C, Australia/New Zealand, Book Review, Category, Children, Contemporary, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Librarian, Rock Star

I won a copy of this book and gobbled it up very quickly once I got it. I found it pretty unique and a lot of fun. Spoilers…

The heroine is unusual because she gave her child up for adoption. It’s not a subject usually touched on in romance and if it is touched upon it’s because the lead was adopted. The heroine voluntarily gave up her baby and insisted upon a closed adoption at the very end. I say voluntarily because she did it of her own free will but the circumstances made it impossible to do any other way. This setup is not so unusual because it makes the heroine motherly in a situation that under normal circumstances would be anything but.

It’s years later and Rachel Robinson wants to meet her son, but the adopted parents refuse to tell the child he’s adopted now he’s grown up, not realizing that he figured it out on his own. In fact he’s at Rachel’s college going to school there in an effort to track down his birth mother. He’s doing it very secretively because he doesn’t want to hurt his adoptive parents’ feelings on the subject and also because they never told him he was adopted. He’s reeling and struggling to figure out what parts of his life were true or a lie and a part of him wants to hurt his birth mom.

The hero is a retired rock star returning to college to get a degree in business and finance. Somebody has been swindling him and he wants to figure out who–although he’s pretty certain. Devin Freedman’s retirement was part voluntary and part forced. His brother kicked him out, but Devin’s body can’t handle the partying anymore. Drinking any more alcohol at this point will kill him. When Rachel refuses to fall at his feet, he’s intrigued… and we all know how that goes. ;)

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Buy: What the Librarian Did

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