I found it difficult to rate this book and I'm not even sure why. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I can't even describe how I feel about this book, or maybe, it's because it left me hallow in some ways. I don't know, the only thing I can say is that this book was just... it just was.

Overall, I have to give it a two star rating because of two things. Was this worth a read? And, would I recommend this book to someone else? The answer is no on both counts. There was nothing magical and spell binding about this book, this book was really nothing more than just words on printed page.

While, well written, the book was more back-story (family history) than actual story and it got to an exhausting point. It was also heavily-ladened with a little too much description and thus, again, not enough story. I found myself questioning what the plot of the story was and even more, what the heck, the point was of this story.

This book had me in tears in certain parts, had me laughing in others, but overall, it just lacked. Lacked. Not enough romance, not enough story, not enough true character depth, just deep-rooted family history and pain. It was okay.