Book'd Out reviews the Enhanced Multimedia Edition of When a Man Loves a Woman by Alina Adams:
When A Man Loves A Woman is a character driven novel about the
complicated relationship between Dr James Elliot and Dr Deborah Brody.
Best friends since med school, the pair have been always close but the
relationship has remained strictly platonic for more than twenty years
because Deborah was already married. When Max dies suddenly, Elliot is
the one Deborah turns to for comfort but their repressed desire spirals
out of control and they make love the night of Max’s funeral. In the
aftermath, Deborah feels horribly guilty at betraying her husband’s
memory while Elliot is devastated the love of his life views their night
together as a mistake and a wedge is driven between them. With their
friendship in tatters, Elliot and Deborah risk losing one another
forever.
When A Man Loves A Woman is all about emotion – friendship, grief,
love, trust, betrayal and desire. The relationship between Elliot and
Deborah is messy and complicated like many real life relationships and I
think the author does a fine job of exploring the emotions and issues
in such tangled circumstances....
Interestingly, When A Man Loves A Woman is an enhanced e-book, each
chapter title links to a song that encapsulates the emotions of the
characters or general mood of the chapter. I can’t read the title of
this novel without singing it in the tune of the song sung by Michael
Bolton (originally by Percy Sledge) and I do quite like the concept,
many authors publish playlists of songs that inspired them during the
writing process and this is a clever extension of that idea. Just a note
though, I read this ebook on my Kindle Touch and had trouble getting
some of the clips to play but I was familiar with most of the songs so
it wasn’t a major issue.
The strength of When A Man Loves A Woman likes in its heartfelt
emotion. I would recommend it to true romantics as there is nothing to
distract from the emotional journey of its protagonists towards a loving
relationship.
Read the entire review (and enter to win a free copy!) at: http://bookdout.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/review-giveaway-when-a-man-loves-a-woman-by-alina-adams/
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