Review: I really really wanted to like this one, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
Again, the blurb summarizes perfectly what's going on in the book, so I won't bother anyone with my recap. According to that, I really should have liked the book. It's not that I didn't  but it just didn't live up to my expectations.The main characters were well developed and there was plenty of information on them, which really gave the reader the opportunity to identify with the heroes. However, it was their actions that didn't allow me to warm up to them. Specifically, I couldn't relate to the sudden tension they felt for each other and the lack of reaction to this pull. Throughout the whole book there were only some chaste kisses, which doesn't bother me at all but it created a discrepancy between the described tension and the main characters' lack of action in this regard. Maybe if they spent more time together?Julianna was a controversial heroine. On the one hand,  her reactions were depicted as those of a independent woman who knows exactly what she wants from life. On the other, her behavior towards Will close to the end of the book reversed this first impression completely and she appeared like an indecisive person.  I also couldn't quite relate to her behavior towards Ethan.Ethan - I'm not so sure what to think about him, especially since his behavior towards Julianna seemed sometimes a bit too cosy, especially when taking into consideration what his relationship with Will is.  And then his re-appereance towards the end?!Will was supposed to be a real alpha hero, however, in the book he seems somehow less domineering. His  actions were much more plausible than Julianna's. There was a lot of information on his family background, which just remained idle, whereas properly utilized and integrated into the plot, this could have offered much needed depth. His role in the HEA was absolutely great and saved the book.Make no mistake - this wasn't a bad book. I just sometimes felt that it needed less information, more elaboration and definitely more atmosphere.