I just realized that there is no day 6 in this challenge! So for day 6 I chose to talk about a book I couldn't finish. There are quite a few books that I have tried to read but couldn't finish. I used to feel guilty and push through, but I have come to the conclusion that there are far too many good books out there so why waste my time on a book I'm not enjoying.
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie's letters to Ian have gone unanswered.
Marcie tracks Ian to the tiny mountain town of Virgin River and finds a man as wounded emotionally as Bobby was physically. But she is not easily scared off. As Marcie pushes her way into his rugged and reclusive life, she discovers a sweet but damaged soul beneath a rough exterior.
Ian doesn't know what to make of the determined young widow who forces him to look into the painful past and, what's worse, the uncertain future. But it is, after all, a season of miracles and maybe, just maybe, it's time to banish the ghosts and open his heart.
I thought that I would really enjoy this book, it had many elements that I like. It's Christmas time, there's an isolated cabin with the possibility of being snowed in, and a man with a tortured past. But I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. There were way too many characters from previous books and practically all of them were pregnant. It felt very weird for some reason. The heroine also seemed saccharine sweet, it became annoying. I'm sure there were other reasons, but that is all I really remember about this book.
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