Title: OLD FASHIONED
Author: Rene Gutteridge
Screenplay writer: Ric
Swartzwelder
Publisher: Tyndale Books
December 2014
ISBN: 978-1414379333
Genre: Novelization / Contemporary romance
Former frat boy Clay Walsh has given up his reckless
lifestyle and settled down to run an antique shop in a small Midwestern college
town. Determined to put his partying ways behind him, Clay has become notorious
for his lofty and outdated theories on love and romance. But when Amber Hewson,
a free-spirited woman with a gypsy soul, rents the apartment above his shop,
Clay can’t help being attracted to her spontaneous and passionate embrace of
life.
New to the area, Amber finds herself surprisingly drawn to Clay and his noble ideas, but her own fears and deep wounds are difficult to overcome. Can they move beyond their differences and their pasts to attempt an “old-fashioned” courtship?
New to the area, Amber finds herself surprisingly drawn to Clay and his noble ideas, but her own fears and deep wounds are difficult to overcome. Can they move beyond their differences and their pasts to attempt an “old-fashioned” courtship?
My thoughts: This
is a difficult review to write. I enjoyed one of Ms. Gutteridge’s earlier
novelizations, but this one didn’t read quite so well to me. I applaud the message
of the book, chastity, and waiting until marriage, but Clay seems more
obstinate “My rules, my way” than chivalrous. I understand he has quite a past,
but he responds in the extreme which rather turned me off from his character.
Amber is alive and vibrant, and a character I was drawn
to. I liked her confidence, her zest for life despite the hardships she faces.
Over all, the book was okay. Not great. Not one I’d care
to reread. But it does have a good message, and it would probably appeal to some
ultra-conservatives.
Available in ebook, audio, and paperback. 320 pages.
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