Review: Not as good as I was hoping it would be
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2013
I really wanted to like this book. It is a light, fluffy book, and I just never connected with the characters. I didn't feel like they were developed well. The worst thing, though, was that it needed a good editor. There were so many misspellings, capitalization of words that shouldn't be capitalized (and vice versa), punctuation errors, and strangely worded sentences. It really distracted me from the story. I had to reread a lot of the sentences to try to figure out what the author meant.Just to show a few examples:"To say that Maggie wasn't shocked was an understatement."(This was when she saw Jake's gorgeous resort--I'm assuming she meant that she was very shocked)."This resort was nestled amongst acres of forestry". (Forestry is a scientific field)."Were you part of this too, Jake? Trying to get me to find the perfect mate for one of my mother's crazy ideas so that I settle down and give her grand children?"(This is exactly how it was written in the book)."Maggie was on the bottom, her face stuffed into Jake's chest that she could barely breathe".I made it through to the end of the book, although I was glad it was a rather short book. If it had been longer, I probably would have given up on it. I don't want to discourage the author, because I know it takes a lot of time, energy and courage to write a book, but I really think she should get a professional editor. Also, in my opinion, the story needs a little more depth to it.