I finally finished the book and I found this much harder to read then "Lucky". I think part of the reason is that there are really no positive characters in the book. The closest that this book comes to a positive character is Nana. Even Connor, who she describes as her soul mate and salvation is a flawed character to me. The fact that he took some considerable time to commit either to His wife and child or to Nikola. The fact that his friends have hinted that she is one of a long line of "bits on the side" did not inspire me with confidence either.
For much of the book, I felt desperately sorry for Nikola. She comes from a picture book dysfunctional family and I don't think she ever really had a chance. I can definitely understand why she chose to get married to escape her home situation. Towards the end of the book I was just plain angry with her. Her string of one night stands and unsuitable affairs, especially once her daughter was born, was inexcusable. I started to wonder why Katrina was not taken into care. Although she obviously deeply loved her daughter, she did not seem in any fit state to look after a child.
I am glad that this book ended on a high, but I still found this an extremely uncomfortable read.
Corinna
