Right after Nicholas Sparks' “The Lucky One”, one embarked almost immediately on Matt Dunn’s “From here to Paternity”. The former is a warming read that is good for Sunday mornings with honey (make it manuka) and warm toasts. The latter is like a combination of chocolate and banana – it’s funny but surprising good.
|  “The Lucky One” is essentially a love story of a returning American Iraqi war veteran. It journals his search for the subject of a photograph he held on as a lucky charm during his stint on the frontline. The search blossoms from a meeting that blooms into romance between protagonist and said subject. The journey is at once tender and heart wrenching in typical Sparks style. However, unlike his earlier works, this latest publication, like many of his recent ones ends with a pill that is not as bitter to swallow.
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|  “From Here to Paternity” is best enjoyed for its near non-stop provision of witty one-liners, play on grammar and homonyms. Famous for his romantic-comedy tomes, this is his third publication that offers some insight into the male psyche. For Will, the story’s protagonist, we see a guy who is desperate to settle down with a family when he hears his biology clock’s tick escalating to one worthy of Big Ben’s proportion. So how does he try to solve his problem? Well, what’s better than good’ol fashion advertising? But it’s the hows and the ensuing process that makes the adventure. It is at once funny and tender with an ending that is as heartwarming as hot chocolate and (almost) as nourishing as a banana.
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Read the above titles for an enhanced break while on holiday. Highly recommended.
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*Yes, I may found a new favourite author after Maeve Binchy, Nicholas Sparks, and Sophie Kinsella. :-)*
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