Review: More Than Anything

More Than Anything by Natasha Anders
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Three and a half stars.

Ten years ago Tina Jenson and Harrison Chapman had a one night stand, the culmination of all her hopes and teenage dreams about the handsome sexy older guy, Tina is devastated to find out that Harris only slept with her as some kind of sick bed the fat girl bet with his mates.

Cut to the present day, Tina's BFF Libby is married to Harris' twin brother Greyson but things have gone badly wrong. Tina has spent the last ten years bouncing from one dead end job/big scheme to another, her family of slim, perfect, successful people look on her as the family failure and constantly belittle her. When she and Libby decide to open a restaurant in the small South African town of Riversend she sees it as her last chance to turn her life around.

Harris has spent the past ten years trying to apologise to TIna for that night, he was drugged and out of his head but he loved every second that he spent with Tina and has always carried a torch for her. When his brother tries to win back Libby Harris accompanies him to keep an eye on his brother and his friend, but mainly to try once again with Tina.

Can Harris and Tina uncover the secrets of that night and can they cope with the fall-out?

I like Natasha Anders, she has a fresh writing voice and I like that the novels are set in South Africa, although TBH there isn't much in this novel that screams South Africa. Harris was a saint. he has spent 10 years trying to apologise to Tina, putting up with her ignoring him, scorning him and blaming him for everything that has gone wrong with her life in the past decade. He just keeps coming back for more, apologising and putting up with her attitude.

Tina on the other hand is crippled by the aftermath of that night, so much so that she has panic attacks and pretty much self-sabotages. Now I understand procrastination but not looking at your takings when you are running a restaurant, avoiding fixing mistakes and basically hiding under the duvet like a five year old when you are the boss seems a bit pathetic. I just didn't understand what Harris saw in Tina, it seemed like a case of Tina has a secret which excuses her bad behaviour to everyone - sorry that just doesn't wash with me.

So overall, I liked it but I didn't love it - I am however champing at the bit to read Libby and Greyson's novel.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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