I’ve just listened to an audio book the Ex-Wife’s Survival Guide by Debby Holt. It was very funny in parts but the heroine ended up with another man, which is a total cop out, given the title of the book.

I am not opposed to a happy endings or romance, but the story was about a woman who had a traditional housewife type role, having to reassess her life when her rat of a partner found someone else. She started to gain independence and develop confidence as an individual, so why was the ending woman finds man, and not woman learns that independence and freedom make her so happy that any future relationship is a bonus?

There was I thinking ‘yea this woman is becoming strong and independent’ then not only does she almost melt into coupledom as the result of a holiday romance but succumbs to a kiss that should have been in a Mills and Boon book. I am seething!

It’s similar to soaps or dramas with great storylines headed by a nasty character who suddenly gets killed or conveniently disappears so that two weeks down the track they are barely ever spoken of despite all the havoc they caused. It always irritates me to death because I want to see the victim bringing them to book and dealing with the fallout rather thank knowing that they have died and escaped justice. In my opinion this is sloppy writing; as bad as ‘they woke up and it was all a dream.’