50 Ways To Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind

50 WAYS TO WIN BACK YOUR LOVER is the story of the impact of a selfish choice.  

I really loved the story.  One kind of humor it has is kind of humor that you could imagine a couple sharing with “inside jokes”, teasing, nicknames.  Clearly Delilah and E spent years fine tuning their friendship and falling in love - until E disappears suddenly for 10 years.  

And E is hysterical.  He not only works well with Delilah, but he has a great solo presence.  Many of the funny parts grow as they are repeated bringing the reader in on the jokes.  There was only one thing I didn’t like about E’s character - he was 27, but came off as immature until close to the end.  I am torn between not liking it and thinking his humor wouldn’t have worked with a more mature demeanor.

But joking aside, the story is heartbreaking - full of painful, tragic and self destructive events set into motion by the acts of a selfish man. Delilah’s small town residents carried and protected her from further pain.  E, his mother and brothers had their lives derailed.  And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

If you like wildly romantic second chance romance in a small town setting, you will enjoy this book.

Thanks to Netscape for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book and provide my voluntary review.