Elisa Reed

Did I give anyone the impression this was too long? Well, that's certainly true.

Also, it's about a woman adopting a newborn, meeting a man who is recently an empty nester (and also the older brother of her high school boyfriend)....I didn't realize what I was in for. I think a couple things were well done, if forgettable, about this book and it was breezy and sweet. Some of the plotlines were utterly unnecessary (like Nick's brother)

However, it was also a pretty decent depiction of parenting a newborn, which is decidedly unsexy even though I am a stupid sucker for men holding newborns. Basically, all I wanted when I had my first baby was a side piece. And by side piece, I mean a live-in nanny or other woman I could 100% guilt free dump my baby on. Or, better yet, could make my dinner. I felt utterly and 100% used up and touched out in those days. And I love the first year. But it's in no way glamorous-and this book did show that, I suppose. But I also didn't want anyone else demanding anything else of my body often times in the first year. It's a physically demanding, emotionally draining haze.

So I think Nick's fucking crazy. Cause I'm in the midst of my child-rearing, and I only have to blink to think back to the times we'd get together w/ good friends just so one of us could make the others dinner, shower, or empty a dishwasher. Just be of service (5 young kids in total between the 4 of us). We didn't get to spend that time with our friends, we just did it to get stuff done.

So, it works for us in this household; it is sexy to see someone care for a little person. I just didn't really want to read a book about it. It's a cute story. It just doesn't do it for me. And I like storylines with kids in them! (Side note, I did enjoy Nick's kids. They were quite funny)… (meer)