Review: Very disapointing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2013
I'm usually pretty careful about buying novels from authors unknown to me. I usually depend on the reviews of authors I trust. Lately I have also come to trust that Dreamspinner publishes a pretty good product, so sometimes I will buy simply because a novel is published by them. In this case I was badly wrong.I couldn't even finish this one, and I almost always finish a novel I start. I knew I was in trouble when I found myself skipping paragraphs, and paging through scenes without reading them. In short, I was bored.The author makes the mistake of speaking in the first person from both the main characters points of view. Unfortunately she doesn't distinguish them at all; the characters are too alike. They speak the same, they think alike, they are both unbelievably handsome. In short, there is no tension between them.The writing is kind of flat and amateurish, though I didn't really take the time to figure out what it was that struck me that way.This is the kind of product that I often get when I buy something self-published. In that case I usually don't bother to write a review, because, I mean, really, buyer beware and all that. But when something is published by a reputable house, I think I have a right to expect something better than this.