Unorthodox Love by Heidi Sherlock
Unorthodox Love by Heidi Shertok My rating: 4 of 5 stars When the expectations you have for yourself cannot realized, how do you find your happy ending? This was a delightful story about 29 year old Penina, who is facing some unbelievable choices, trying to keep her head up while facing her own, self-described, shortcomings. How can she be true to her faith and beliefs and ever expect her life to become more than it is? I loved the story, the twists and plot lines. Penina’s character seems to glaze over and have some rather hilarious moments when faced how she superficiously feels about her new boss, Sam Keinfeld, juxtaposed with how she internally and involunatarily reacts to him. I was drawn to this book because of its Jewish themes and I was not disappointed. The book has all of my favorite tropes: enemies to lovers, love epiphany and different worlds. I loved seeing my people, as an Orthodox woman, on the page. From the little things...