Review: A let down
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2013
This is the first time I have left a review that was not a stellar one for any book I have purchased on Kindle but I felt a little bit of a let down with this book.I love this author and her writing style and have read almost all her previous works and enjoyed them immensely.  I admit that I have suffered with her early releases with bad editing, grammar and spelling mistakes and messed up paragraphs but I LOVED her story lines and characters so much that I could forgive the mistakes and errors because I felt transported.  As I began reading her back catalog and her latest releases in the last year I came to see less and less of the errors and felt so happy that she was gaining strength not only in her style of writing but also in the editing department.Now for her latest release:I get alerts on Facebook when Ms. Lennox's releases her latest book and I was anticipating the next one with great glee.  I clicked over to her blog and was enchanted with the long and beautiful introduction to her latest creation that I stopped reading about 5 paragraphs in because I didn't want to spoil the book anymore before I purchased it for my reading pleasure.  Upon opening the book the introduction from the blog (characters development and the backstory) that entranced me was not included in the downloaded version I got from Kindle and I quite frankly felt a little robbed of a great love story.  Sure, I could have gone back and read the whole backstory on Ms. Lennox's blog page but that defeated the purpose for me----I wanted to read in one full swoop an epic love story! If I had not known about her blog and the introduction she posted there and I bought this book "cold" I would have felt that she did not do her best with this novel.  I felt while reading this book that TOO much was left out and went unsaid between the Rais and Rachel and that pesky introduction was NEEDED in this e-book.  Only that I do know about blog page and the introduction do I feel disappointed that her latest novel won't be looked upon as the best work put forth to her loyal or perhaps new readers.This is the first book of hers that I have EVER returned for a refund.  I hope it will be the last.  If I didn't return the earlier books full of errors that tells you a lot about me as a Ms. Lennox reader.....I will not stop reading her stories because of this one. I have kept all of her books that I have downloaded for my Kindle and I do re-read them from time to time.  Yes, I am that much of a hopeless romantic and this genre I am very fond of as well as her style of story telling.  If Ms. Lennox reads these reviews and happens across this one---Please, update the version you sent to Kindle so that it includes the introduction you posted on your blog.  It will make the epic story you tried to tell SO MUCH better than the one I got and I will repurchase so I can read the story FROM VERY HEART WARMING BEGINING TO PERFECT END!