Review: Off balance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
One of the challenges that authors have is how to create flawed characters without making them unlikeable. In HDU, the heroine (Amanda) is written with few redeeming qualities. The biggest issue for me was that she belonged to that group of people who devote themselves to celebrity gossip - this is Amanda's life. In some ways, however, she redeems herself but it's a long, slow slog until then.Liam (H), seems like a good guy with a good head on his shoulders. However, the first few chapters that include him shows him as an obnoxious jerk. Again, it's a long, slow journey until we figure him out. Even then, the payoff isn't as rich as it could be. If the tension in these characters is supposed to draw us in, shouldn't the payoff be as rich as the conflict? In this case, I feel like the balance is tilted toward the drama and not the rich reward of the relationship. I believe there is an HDU 2 coming but not sure I'll read it. I only barely stuck it out to finish this one.