Review: A Possible Great Read Ruined By Thinly Stretched Conflict
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2012
As a rule, if I do not like a character or the flow of the book I stopped reading. That I finished this book despite my dislikes attests to the author's writing and the story's world.What put me off the book is the heroine's indecisive take on arising issues between her and the hero on the story - always putting it off 'for later consideration' as she puts it. What's worse is her constant hot and then cold to hot again attitude towards the hero who, from the start, told her that he is 100% attracted to her. The attitude was so thinly stretched to me that by 50% of the book it became so old news that I want a new conflict to give the reading journey a fresh breath. It goes on and on until the LAST chapter, and what's more annoying is that she has to be PUSHED by a secondary character to decide. Don't get me wrong, the heroine is decisive as a professional or in her job but it's her emotional hot and cold that ruined the romance in the story for me.And I picked this book because it's listed as ROMANCE and NOT psychology book.The hero himself, though not the usual chest beating alpha male, has a tenderness that coats his inner steel that just melts a woman's heart. I liked him and loved the way the author unveiled his character. I think the author did him justice than the heroine. It was his character that kept me reading and the need to know implied pasts that made him who he is today.The book has funny moments, paragraphs after paragraphs of inner monologue, the main characters chemistry started good - to me, and the whole plot was engaging.Overall, I liked the book and was enjoying it until the heroine's indecisive, hot and cold attitude turns into holier-than-thou attitude soured her character to me.