Book Review: Our Finest Hour

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Two lives. One hour. A lifetime consequence. 
I believe in choice, not fate. 
I chose to nurse a broken heart at the kitschy country bar that night. 
I chose to let Isaac Cordova buy me a drink. 
I chose to spend one hour with a near stranger in an attempt to soothe my pain. 
No last names, no details about our lives, just one hour where I was allowed to forget, and then we would never see each other again. 

But was it a choice when I ran into him five years later? 
I needed help, and he was the only person equipped to give it. 
Our instant attraction doesn’t feel like much of a choice either, but it doesn't matter. 
Everything has changed. 
Now my choices impact other people.
And what will I choose? 
Do I keep Isaac out?
Do I dare to let him in? 

                                                                        MY THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK                                                              

I want to start this post by saying I really wanted to like this book. I read the synopsis and saw the cover and was completely hooked. I really wanted too, but after I finished it I realized I didn't really care for this book at all. I mean there were decent things about it, as I did rate it 3 stars but it just wasn't that special.  Apparently, I am in the minority with this opinion. It was really a struggle to finish this book. 

The book is very well written, with few, if any grammatical errors. I enjoyed the way that the daughter, I believe her name was Claire, was written. I don't normally care for romance novels that include kids but this girl was such a sweet part of the story. 

One of the main characters is named Issac, he is sort of your average romance hero. He is super sensitive and attentive. He is a doctor and is incredibly charming. I just didn't like how it felt like we had to like him, as a reader I don't like being forced into feeling a certain way. I thought he might have had some alliterative motives because he stepped up to the plate faster than most would. He wanted to be an active part of her life, and I loved that but it just seemed so very sudden. 

The character I ended up disliking the most was the main character Aubry. She was very rude at times and she was weirdly over protective about Claire. I didn't like that she kept the daughter from Issac as long as she did. While she is open to the relationship, I felt like that she was setting up road blocks for him to navigate. That just left a bad taste in my mouth. It is obvious that she still is wounded by her mother leaving her, this is a wound that seems to have not healed with her. I believe this ends up hurting her daughter at the moment. 

Overall this book was about overcoming the past and growing through experiences that we have in our lives. I liked the healing aspect of this novel, it made it interesting to me. This is such a well written book with such heartwarming topics and aspects. I just wish I would have enjoyed it more. I am glad I got this free on kindle. I enjoyed the story enough that I don't regret reading it.