Review: An alright story...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
Oddly enough I think the blurb is a tad misleading. Neither character is presented as having a "perfect charmed life". Faults, self-doubt, and their issues are apparent from the start. I also agree with the sexual content warning, but with what happens and talked about the book seems to be geared towards teens and not adults. There is sexual abuse mentioned though so that is definitely a subject for adults.Jaided's plot is a classic Young Adult struggling teen romance. Nothing to spectacular. The book could have benefited from a good professional content editor. Not that their are grammar problems (grammer and spelling are my two main downfalls personally), but things like a symbol added between paragraphs when there is a time period passing, rearranging a sentence or two to relieve confusion, ect. There were aspects of Jaide's personality and reactions that were to forced and seemed fake or unbelievable to me. I also was confused by Blaze's one minute shyness and another minute confident smugness. There were to many small instances that seemed contrary reactions to the character's personalities, leaving a reader unbelieving.The story while good, was unable to capture me in its grip. When I put the kindle down, I forgot about the characters instead of my thoughts being gripped by them and hurrying through my tasks to re-join their world. So I give the book 3 stars equivalent to amazon's "it's ok" rating.