Book: How To Walk Away

 Book: How To Walk Away

Author: Katherine Center

Pages: 368

This is my 160th read for the year

This is the story of Margaret Jacobsen.  Life is going well for her - she has a job prospect that is her dream job, and she is about to get engaged to Chip - the love of her life.  Chip has recently learned to fly and takes Margaret for a plane ride which she assumes will end in a proposal.  Tragedy strikes and everything Margaret had in front of her comes to a halt.  Now in the hospital for weeks, she has to come with terms that things will never be the same.   Chip all but vanishes wallowing in self pity.  Kit, Margaret's sister who has been MIA for 3 years suddenly reappears and wants to make amends.  And then there is Ian - the grouchy physical therapist that isn't going to let Margaret give up.  As Margaret tries to piece her life back together and figure out what will happen once she leaves the hospital, she finds things she never knew she was missing.

This was a pretty good book.  I have read one of Center's other's books (Things You Save In A Fire) and have "Happiness for Beginners" on my TBR list.  The story was fine.  Romance is one of my least favorite genres, but I stuck with it.  I did not really like Margaret for a large part of this book.  She was all over the place - whiny but stating how strong she was.  And of course it was a predictable love story that everyone can see coming.  Some things didn't sit right - Margaret is severely burned yet she is quickly up and out of the hospital before her burns are completely healed doing "therapy" just to move the storyline along with her and Ian.  I mean - she isn't supposed to get the grafts wet for a year yet in a span of a few pages she is in a pool and in a canoe?  Sure.  BUT - honestly - for the most part, it was a fine, quick, easy read.  I liked the Epilogue.  While predictable, I still enjoyed it.

Stars: 3