Someone To Love
by Karoline Bethea-Jones
ISBN-10: 0967952301
Review by Heather Froeschl
Can a marriage survive lies, cheating and lack of respect? Would you want it to? Where is the love? Can a person find their calling and ultimately, themselves, after 15 years of marriage? These are the questions that Karoline Bethea Jones' novel "Someone to Love" attempts to answer.
Terry and Stephanie Taylor have been married for 15 years. They have two children, and a lot of emotional baggage. Terry is a music producer, and a player in the womanizing sense. He tries to get from other women what he seems to think he cannot get from his wife. He thinks that she cannot be trusted, and so he becomes untrustworthy in return. Stephanie has a hard time relating to her teenaged daughter and an even harder time dealing with the loneliness she feels in her marriage. She focuses on her young son, but turns to alcohol before turning to a friend for companionship. Will she ever find herself and the self-love to put a stop to the farce of a relationship she exists in? Can her "someone to love" start with herself? Doesn't it have to?
Karoline Bethea Jones has written an emotional roller coaster of a novel. From the very first page readers are immersed in Stephanie's turmoil. Cry with her, get mad with her, and feel her confusion; grow with her. In the background of the moment-to-moment emotion there is a subtle plot evolving. The author promises a sequel and I am sure readers will want to carry on the tale. From the technical side of things I feel the book could use a once over by an editor, but this fact does little to detract attention from the story. This sometimes blatant look at marriage and relationships, and the power of self respect, is a memorable tale.
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