I am the hugest fan of Chantel's first book Stuck in Downward
Dog!!! so it was with huge excitement that I dug into Love Struck.
I am not disclosing any spoilers that are not already on the back
cover.
I love the premise of the book - a young "with it" image consultant
finds out, in the most hilariously possible way" that her husband
has been cheating on her. But before she can confront him, she is
called by the hospital and informed that her husband was hit by
lightning and can't remember what happened - over the course of the
last few weeks/months - which means he does not remember the affair
(or does he?).
The author chooses to walk a very fine line - in using a very
delicate and painful subject matter, but twisting it on its ear
with humor. I am not sure how she managed it, but it worked.
While I was seriously upset, on behalf of the main character, about
her cheating husband, I also found myself kind of liking the "new
man he becomes" and actually finding myself willing to "gasp!" give
him a second chance.
One of the things that I realized is that i was not always a fan of
the mainc character Poppy who, through, the whole event, somehow
keeps vascillating between beeing helpless and annoying but also
showing some definite "I am woman, hear me roar" type of attitude.
Its interesting to see how she reacts to the affair - mainly by
turning the problem onto herself and trying to look more like "the
other woman" which seriously and hilariously backfires on her for
the most part.
Throughout the whole storyline, I kept wondering if hubby really
did not remember of if he was faking it as a way of saving their
relationshp.
There is alot going on here and I loved it! Nobody is exactly who
they seem and nothing is clear cut and ovbvious.
There is a tone of melacholy behind the whole storyline, but there
is also some seriously funny episodes.
This was a great, great read! Another winner!