Name: Season of Passion
ISBN: 9781410444509

Danielle Steel

The young wife of a famous pro football star lives in a world of money and glamour until, when her husband becomes thirty, the fantastic offers end and his drinking begins.

Season of Passion

When she is just past eighteen, Kate meets super football star Tom Harper and falls in love.

Lacy W

Another solid book by Danielle Steel. Her writing style is very different in the 70's and 80's. I got the entire history of Tom and Kate in a couple of pages, which kind of threw me off. What irritated me about that was the instalove. I mean, she fell in love with him instantly and went off with him alone for hours. Isn't that a little dangerous? Even if he is a football player. 

The story itself was good. Kate lives alone with her son, after the tragedy of what happened to her husband. She writes to make a living and lives in her own little world. She visits her husband twice a week. She does nothing out of the ordinary and doesn't let anybody in. 

One of her books makes it big. Kate has to chose to continue to live in her bubble of safety or go out in the big scary world. Kate choses the big scary world and what ensues is dramatic but with happy moments. Kate discovers herself and how the world isn't as scary as she once thought it was. 

Sounds good, right? Well it was, don't get me wrong. But Kate drove me nuts. I understand that what happened to her was very tragic but she was just so damn irritating. She was incredibly selfish at times and freaked out constantly. She keeps her son in the dark about what happened to his dad and lies to her new boyfriend, Nick, about him as well. 

I really did try to feel sympathetic to her but after a while my sympathy ran out. It felt like she insisted on being weak but then turned around and yelled at anybody who tried to help her. I was waiting and waiting and waiting for Kate to tell Nick about her husband. It took him (view spoiler)[ having an assistant research about her past and confronting her about her past to get her to say anything.  (hide spoiler)] 

Overall, the book was alright. It had it's ups and downs. I wouldn't start with this particular book if you want to get into Danielle Steel. She has far far FAR better ones like  Zoya  or  Echoes

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