Review: Nighttime at Willow Bay
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
PLOT: After a bad breakup, Naomi Johnson decides to go camping in the woods of Willow Bay to find some peace. She ends up spending the night running away from demons.PROS: The initial meeting between Naomi and Ryder is amusing. He sounded yummy.CONS: I can barely express how much I hated Naomi. The girl needed therapy. Ryder comes along and saves her yet every time he suggests that they get going, she protests like an idiot. She’s completely out of her depth but refuses to listen to the one person trying to help her. It’s meant to show her strength of character, but what it actually shows is a wealth of ignorance. She’s thanking him one second and then arguing with him in the next second from some imagined slight. It made her appear wishy-washy. I wouldn’t have blamed him if he left her stranded in the woods. It would have been no more than she deserved.This might just be me, but I hate stories about road trips and journeys in romance novels. It’s boring. The night seemed to go on forever. At times, even Naomi talks like she’s been in these woods forever. Road trips also stretch belief because, sure, if you’re being chased by demons, you’d naturally stop and have a little sexy time. By the way, that one love scene is forgettable and really doesn’t add anything to the story. I read it like thirty minutes ago and I’ve already forgotten the details.Even the conversations in this one annoyed me. I know they were supposed to be funny, but they just seemed so childish. I felt like I was reading about a bunch of ten year olds. So many conversations ended in “Shut up.”Ordinarily I wouldn’t even mention the minor errors in the book, but since there is mention of an editor I expect more. I’m assuming the author meant “pummeled” when Ryder was in a fight and not “plummeted.” And when Ryder’s brothers were staring at him and Naomi naked, I’m assuming he meant for him to call them “pervs” not “perps.” There were other small editing issues but these stood out the most.2 STARS: The hellishly annoying heroine and boring plot made this a struggle to finish. I was so glad when it was over. I’ve bought every book by Kasey Moone and I was excited to see this new release. I’m glad I borrowed this one instead of buying it.