The leading male had an appealing temperament, but the female was abrasive and the ideal of she'd been hurt and so was unapproachable is so annoying! The idea of the female acting more like a child than the child, is just too much like the current political situation to be appealing!
C'mon folks, you've created hundreds of these cookie cutter stories! Try to develop more maturity and originality! Sad indeed.
Review of Hope at Christmas
