Abandoned by his mother when he was young, twenty-two-year-old Rave Wayne knows all about loss. That doesn’t mean he’s used to it. After he’s dumped by the girlfriend he assumed he’d spend his life with, Rave is longing more than ever to connect.Then, as if by miracle, he receives an invitation from his grandfather, a man he thought was long gone, to come for a visit in rural Tennessee. Loyal, … Loyal, honest, and loving, dear old Tuck is everything Rave could have hoped for. He’s family. Soon, Rave finds himself falling for a down-to-earth local girl, and he thinks his life is finally coming together.
But the past isn’t through with Rave. When his mother returns after many long years, looking to reconcile the terrible mistakes that once defined her, Rave struggles to put together the unsettled pieces of his heart. Will this once-estranged family be able to come together to understand the meaning of unconditional love, the fragile bonds of family, and the healing power of letting go?
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Engrossing novel about those who become family by choice. A Grandfather and grandson with seemingly little in common are reunited in a touching story that pays homage to our fallen warriors. The characters are well-developed, complex and complicated. The family is dysfunctional. But underneath it all there is a deep-seated passion for the truly meaningful things in life and you come to love both of the men in this story. Highly recommended.
“Engrossing and genuine, Something Like Family pays tribute to the bonds of love we often fray, but always hold dear. The uplifting story of Rave and Tuck will leave an indelible mark on your heart.”
For the genre, it was a good book. I alternated audible and kindle versions of the story. I cared about the characters and their lives. Towards the end, the dialogue slowed and the introspection took over. I KNOW how you’re feeling and why and you needn’t beat a dead horse with angst. It started getting a little too happy dappy, do-good towards the end and I skimmed a lot.
We were having a nice story about these people and then remembered we had to tie it up for an ending. Not too realistic.
But, Ms. Burch writes a story worth reading.
Heather Burch takes us on an emotional journey that explores the deep roots of family, honors those who serve their country and affirms the transformative power of forgiveness. Something Like Family will resonate with you long after the story ends. An outstanding read!
What a heartwarming book! I read this one in three days. It had it all – love, drama, but most especially, the enduring power of family – and not always family the way we define it. I look forward to reading more from this author!
Good book. Worth the read.
Definitely a feel good story.
Family saga, 3 generations, drug addicted mom connected by her father and her son after a long separation.
Family, forgiveness and love.
I really enjoyed this clean romance and learning about family. I received this for free and I voluntarily chose to review it. I’ve given it a 5* rating. This story winds it way through the hero’s life. There are a lot of ups and downs and growing up. This really touched the heart strings, so I laughed and cried a little. It also makes you think a lot.
I now know why Heather Burch is a top-selling Amazon author. SOMETHING LIKE FAMILY is a beautifully crafted novel that hits all the emotional notes. Will be reading more by this author!
A book with heart, truth and sadness mixed in.
My favorite quote- “Love is always enough. It is the mortar that holds life together.”
This is a beautiful novel about a family finding each other.
They must trust each other again, to love and help one another.
I adored this touching book.
I won this book from a Goodreads.com contest. This is the first book I have read by this author, Heather Burch.
I am really torn about this book. I wanted so much to love it, but I did not. I have always been attracted to old people. I adore their wisdom, their faith, their appreciation for all things they have been blessed with and all the roads they took that taught them lessons. With this appreciation, I approached this book with my heart open ready to accept a special story that includes the older people of our generation that is so often overlooked.
I enjoyed what I will estimated as the first 1/3 of the story. That was what I thought the story would be, a grandfather and grandson being brought back together and developing a relationship. Then the story took a strange turn to me. It then became a romance story where the emphasis was on the two young people of the story beginning a relationship. This part also was totally focused on a project that these two people wanted to develop in the town. (I am purposely trying to not disclose the actual plot in this review.) While the project is a wonderful undertaking, I think it distracted from the original story. In this part of the book, the grandfather is almost totally absent.
This part actually seemed to me to be written as a separate story and was inserted into this book. I don’t thing the author wrote this part of the book as well as the rest of the book. The dialogue was very simplistic and strained. Again, just my opinion, it was not written as well. I actually, at this point, almost stopped reading this book.
The third part of the book, again goes back to the family relationships as a focal point. I again was interested in the story, but now with a bit of a sour taste, from the middle part of the book.
I would have enjoyed the story better if the middle did not veer off into a different direction. I gave this book 3 stars since it did keep my interest for most of it, and I enjoyed the beginning and the ending, although things did get tied up too quickly and neatly for the issues that were existing in the story.