Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I hate when I choose a book based on loads of five star ratings, but turns out to be a poorly written story, and such was the case for "Take this Regret." I loved the title, but that is where the good writing ended. I was intrigued by the premise of the story about a man who has to atone for abandoning his girlfriend when she discovers she's pregnant, but the author fell into the trap of telling me, not showing me how the story unfolds when the H shows up 5 years later. There was WAYYYYY to much melodrama here, with somebody bawling or dropping to the floor (think Jason Mesnick) on EVERY page, rather than the actions of the characters showing their regret and mistrust. I love a really great grovel and expected the h to really give him hell, but meh, she just goes with him to Sea World. I also had problems with the unplanned pregnancy (which was never explained, they were both college seniors and each about to pursue law degrees for crying out loud, just HOW stupid is someone that can pass the bar!) The fact that Matthew, who was the substitute father for 5 years in this child's life, just conveniently fades into the background when the author needed to get him out of the way so that Mr. Can't Be Bothered Hero can step in like a white knight, made the story lose realistic continuity for me. And I didn't buy for an instant that a five-year-old would fall in love with a man that she has never seen before in a grocery store. I'm sorry, but this just wasn't well written.