Review: Looooong and Boooooring!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2012
I'm not even done reading this book...I can't muster enough energy or interest to do that...it's just that bad. I purchased this book about 2 weeks ago because I liked the cover and the description, but I didn't know that would be all that I liked about it. The outline of the story is promising, woman from an abusive relationship gets her body and her love life back on track with a handsome Irish art director. That's where the promising part ends. The length of the book would normally be a plus in my opinion, but it's not good in this case because it's attributed to the author including every mundane detail of the hero and heroine's courtship. I mean how many times do I have to read about them going to bed and eating a big breakfast in the morning? Or, how relevant is it to the actual plot, that I read about every single date they had? But not in enough detail that each of these scenes is engaging and interesting. Descriptions of people and places are sparse and in some cases non-existent.From a character perspective the heroine, Peri, is so skittish and nervous about everything, from what to have for dinner to going to join the hero and his daughter for a movie, despite the fact that she just spent a week with them in Ireland. Why would she need to be nervous and apprehensive about a 2 hour movie? I understood that she came out of a bad relationship but to me it was overboard. One minute she was independent and confident, then she was timid, shaking, wringing her hands, and wondering when Brendan was going to leave her, why he didn't love her, and how she would get over him...even though there was never any indication that any of that was happening...I was confused! The hero Brendan is so perfect, except that after about 6 months together he becomes a jealous rage-aholic when a guy asks her where she was from. But only for about 5 minutes, just temporary insanity I suppose. But he's also so clueless about women that he asks everyone from his assistant, to his brother how to deal with everything concerning Peri. He asked his assistant how to ask Peri out, after he had already asked her out. Why?Then there were some contrived scenes that were obviously added to pump up the drama, but they were so ridiculous and thin to begin with that all I could do was laugh. Her ex-boyfriend as a villain took too long to even get in gear, and since I haven't and won't finish this book, I don't know if he ever really does anything but make angry comments in his own head.The dialogue was also laughable...no one talks like this. It was wooden and lacked true emotion. I didn't mean to make this review so long, but I just wanted to warn other readers who may be looking for a good lengthy read. Unfortunately this isn't it...though lengthy it is boring and hard to read.