I enjoyed this book although it was a bit Mills and Boon at times!!

Gemma's life is changed for ever when she is involved in a trian crash leaving her with one leg amputated. the doctor who is treating her takes more than a professional interest in her care.

In many ways this book could have been written now rather than a few years ago as nothing seems to have changed. It deals with the break-up of the rail network and also problems in the NHS which are very topical.

Had a big problem with how quickly Gemma comes to terms with her health issues and seems to move on in some cases literally with speed that doesn't seem very realistic.(less) ( )

This book starts in a dramatic way with a train crash. The novel is parly about the main character coming to terms with this, and it's done in a sensitive and interesting way. The author either has personal experience, or did some excellent research on the topic.

It's also a low-key romance, but I was less impressed with the way this plot-line was handled. It was too clichéd for my liking, and there were too many internal thought-processes described, without much reason given. Conflicts came across as artificial, and the resolution unlikely.

There are various other threads, and by about the middle of the book I began to feel that the author's political agenda was pushed rather too much (despite my agreeing with much of what was said).

I kept reading despite being somewhat irritated in places, and it was an interesting book with a lot more action and excitement than the average book of this type, albeit rather predictable at times. ( )