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Prince Charming Wears a Badge
You don't have to believe in magic to find it…
Callie James never expected a handsome prince or a fairy-tale ending. She already knows that life is full of unhappy-ever-afters—like finding her boyfriend with another woman, and being forced to return to her hometown and deal with her troubled past. Fortunately, she's pretty much safe from romantic entanglements. That is, until she discovers the chief of police is also her teenage crush, Tyler Garrett. Now she must find a way to face her wicked stepfamily, win over Prince Charming…and save herself in the process.
384 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2016
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September 23, 2016
I am undecided about this. It was a good complex story about abuse and trust issues and how to cope as an adult. But you have a h who has suffered until she left at 18, serious abuse at the hands of her stepmother and stepsister and a father who seemed to know nothing was wrong at all, even though in the current times he has experienced himself the violence of his wife. Complete denial.
But all of a sudden, the stepsister who has been violent and aggressive towards the h in the current time of the story, suddenly goes to one shelter and 2 weeks later is all calm and normal and recognizing she was bad, but see, it was all the stepmother's fault, she raised her to hate the h and the stepsister was only violent to the h because the stepmother...and so now she is a perfectly fine rational person.
The father is forgiven instantly simply by saying he never knew even though h must have seen his daughter being unhappy? Did he not care? Did he never have a conversation with his daughter separate from stepmother?
Only the stepmother remains evil incarnate and the cause of all ills, so remove her and all is well.
Stories which resolve all issues like this so everyone can be easily forgiven by the end no matter the trauma, really bother me. And it does not seem realistic, the last third of the book. Otherwise it was good character development etc.
But all of a sudden, the stepsister who has been violent and aggressive towards the h in the current time of the story, suddenly goes to one shelter and 2 weeks later is all calm and normal and recognizing she was bad, but see, it was all the stepmother's fault, she raised her to hate the h and the stepsister was only violent to the h because the stepmother...and so now she is a perfectly fine rational person.
The father is forgiven instantly simply by saying he never knew even though h must have seen his daughter being unhappy? Did he not care? Did he never have a conversation with his daughter separate from stepmother?
Only the stepmother remains evil incarnate and the cause of all ills, so remove her and all is well.
Stories which resolve all issues like this so everyone can be easily forgiven by the end no matter the trauma, really bother me. And it does not seem realistic, the last third of the book. Otherwise it was good character development etc.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 4, 2017
A wonderful story, love it to the end.
October 10, 2016
One of the Tales from Whittler's Creek, this particular Prince Charming is Police Chief Tyler Garrett. The woman in need of such a prince is Callie James, after her ex- accuses her of breaking an expensive vase and has her arrested after Callie walks in on him and the woman he's having sex with, clearly defining him as a sleazeball not worthy of Callie's love and support.
Callie is sent to a therapist for anger management, but she refuses to talk to him. He tells her she needs to confront her feelings about her family face-to-face, no less, so off she goes to her home town to complete her community service sentence and somehow deal with the family she fled 10 years earlier.
As the outcome of her nightmarish childhood gradually comes out, Callie begins to acknowledge her long-held feelings for Tyler, but he's also the object of her stepsister's desires. Could this be one reason her sister hates her so?
While it's hard to believe Callie's father never realized what was happening in his own home, much of the other abuse described and discussed rings true. How all this angst is resolved makes for an exciting finish.
Callie is sent to a therapist for anger management, but she refuses to talk to him. He tells her she needs to confront her feelings about her family face-to-face, no less, so off she goes to her home town to complete her community service sentence and somehow deal with the family she fled 10 years earlier.
As the outcome of her nightmarish childhood gradually comes out, Callie begins to acknowledge her long-held feelings for Tyler, but he's also the object of her stepsister's desires. Could this be one reason her sister hates her so?
While it's hard to believe Callie's father never realized what was happening in his own home, much of the other abuse described and discussed rings true. How all this angst is resolved makes for an exciting finish.
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October 1, 2016Miniseries: TALES FROM WHITTLER'S CREEK
December 12, 2016
Plot: 3/5 (fizzles out in the end)
Characterisation: 4/5
Prose: 5/5
How much I enjoyed it: 3/5
Characterisation: 4/5
Prose: 5/5
How much I enjoyed it: 3/5
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