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Right Next Door: The Courtship of Carol Sommars / Father’s Day/ The Courtship of Carol Sommars
Peter Sommars is fifteen, and what he needs is a little more independence. This is why he’d like his mom, Carol, to start dating. He even knows the perfect man Alex Preston, his best friend’s dad. As it turns out, Alex is interested, but Carol’s doing everything she can to sidestep his pursuit. Which only makes Alex and the boys more determined! Father’s Day Robin Masterson’s ten-year-old son, Jeff, figures he needs a dog more than anything in the world. And there just happens to be one right next door! But the friendly black Lab belongs to Cole Camden, the unfriendliest man in the neighborhood. Still, Jeff persists…and soon his mom and Cole are looking at each other in a whole new way.
I can understand why a lot of people would have issues with these stories, but keep in mind that they were originally published in the early ’90s, and times have changed quite drastically since then. Keeping that in mind I went into these stories with an open mind.
Father’s Day is about 10-year-old Jeff Masterson and his desire for a dog of his very own. Problem is, the dog that he has connected with already has an owner. Cole Camden is quite unfriendly the first time he meets Jeff and Jeff’s mother, Robin, but his black Lab has bonded with the boy and soon Cole is finding himself interested in Robin. Robin has been alone since her husband died and she hasn’t had a desire to find a new guy, but for some reason, Cole has become more friendly, both to her and her son, and her heart is finding that it likes Cole too.
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This story was very sweet. Cole starts as a bit of a jerk while trying to maintain himself with his new neighbors. Jeff is just a fun-loving 10-year-old with a love for animals. Robin is a young mother raising her son alone after her husband passed away. Blackie is a sweet black Lab that loves hanging out with Jeff. These four come together in such a sweet way that you can’t help but like them. While I find the story very sweet overall, my biggest issue is the love story between Cole and Robin. I find no reason why Cole is suddenly drawn to Robin. I completely understand why Robin is confused the entire time they are together and is questioning his motives. The romance came extremely fast. When Cole tells Robin when he realized he was falling for her, I found that it didn’t make much sense because their interactions had been so minimal before then that to say he was falling for her at that point wouldn’t have made any sense. It just seemed a bit rushed to me. The Courtship of Carol Sommars introduces us to Peter Sommars, 15-years-old, who wants a little more guy stuff in his life. Problem is, his mother, Carol, isn’t interested in dating and that makes it extremely hard to go camping or fishing like he would love to do. Peter’s best friend, James, has a great, and single, father, Alex, who both boys think would work great for Carol. Alex is also taken with Carol as well, but Carol is doing everything she can to keep her wits about her and try to keep herself from falling for this seemingly wonderful man. Another very sweet story. Carol is a character that we can relate to and still be interested in. Alex is a strong male character that has that sensitive side as well. Both boys, Peter and James, are insightful and noisy, just like typical teenage boys. Unlike the previous story, this one, I felt, had a romance that made sense. Was it still a little rushed? Yes, but I felt like both characters had more time to get to know each other and more time to really assess how they felt about the other. It was also good to get some of the perceptions from Alex’s point of view, which was something that was lacking in the previous story.While I enjoyed this story a bit more than the first, I still feel like it had its issues here and there. While I loved both Peter and James, at times I felt like they were closer to 10 or 12 rather than 15. There are a few times when you can tell they are 15 by the way they act, but most of the time I had to remind myself that they were older because they felt so much younger.Both stories were fun to read and I enjoyed them. I would definitely read this again.
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