ONLINEBOOKCLUB.org review: 4 out of 4 stars

This nearly was mine is a novel that recounts and narrates the life of Annie beginning from her graduation from graduate school. Annie, who is currently married to Matthew and has two kids, tells of the life she could have had if she had remained in Spain. She had traveled to Spain to get away from her first love - Bill...

Perhaps the biggest and best element of this novel is the humor packed within its pages. In this regard, Nancy Farkas did a tremendous job. The story is told from Annie's point of view and encompasses little bits of random musings from her regarding the past and present events of her life. These musings made the story much more interesting and even more difficult to put down. Once you get into Annie's head, there is nowhere else you'd rather be. It was also very fun when Annie would speak to us (the readers) directly. I have always believed that humor can be used as the distinguishing factor between two equally good books and for that, I appreciated the author's efforts and achievement at that.

Another element of the story that I truly appreciated was the use of extensive use of flashbacks in the narration of the story. In essence, much of the story is set in the past life and adventures of Annie in Spain. This meant that the author had to keep taking us back in time so Annie can explain what happened. This was very well done such that it did not disrupt the flow of the story. It also helped show the character development of the character Annie in the best light; Annie herself acknowledged as much.

I absolutely do not have any complaints with this novel. Sure, there were a few grammatical errors here and there, especially lack of spacing between words, but these errors did nothing to detract from the overall flow of the story. For this reason, I have to rate the novel 4 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed myself from the first page to the last and I highly recommend it to avid romance readers. They will enjoy the novel as well.