Review: Left Me Wanting More Depth
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2012
I wanted to know more of the background behind Evie's life.Evie has been raised very sheltered. Apparently, she went to christian schools and now a christian college, hasn't been allowed to watch or read "inappropriate" tv, movies, or books and magazines. At one point she thought to herself she wasn't even sure what went in what opening, sex wise. And yet, she seems to be fairly well versed in the slang terminology for the private parts and sex, which I guess she learned...on the playground? I don't know, it never says.It's been implied that her father beats her, but she doesn't really act like someone who's been abused. She seems to have no bruises, she doesn't flinch away from the hero, she just doesn't act much like the victim of abuse.The hero, Van seems well aware of the life Evie leads. How sheltered she is, how her dad treats her. How? How does he know, is it like the neighborhood's dirty little secret?Then there's Van himself. What does he see in Evie, and more importantly, what does Evie see in him? I'm not saying there's nothing there, but all I see on Evie's part is lust, while Van seems to genuinely like her and want to protect her.This had the POTENTIAL to be a really good, deep, moving story, but it just didn't go into Evie's life enough, or really, any at all. I wanted to know more about her upraising, her parents, where she learned the things she DID know about sex, and how she knew what she did, but still didn't even know what went where. I think this just goes into why I much prefer romance over erotica and even a lot of erotic romance- I like the depth, the angst, the heart, not just the sex scenes.