Review: I really wanted to like it...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
I really wanted to give this book 3 stars, but I just couldn't after wanting to read more of this author after reading Lucky Charm.At first, I couldn't even get pass a few pages before stopping, but then I read Lucky Charm and I thought I'd give it another go. However, I still found it difficult to read. I had to force myself to even finish it when I just wanted to stop at 75%. Unlike Lucky Charm, I didn't even like this book all that much, so every little detail that barely bothered me in the other book really annoyed me in this one.First, like the other book, Marie Astor has an issue keeping time (like, a character had to meet someone at seven, it was almost six. She got stopped by someone for an hour, then an hour later, she leaves and ends up on time). Even days are mixed up and end up being either a day short or late. Pretty much, halfway through the book, I just stopped being able to keep track of in book time.Also, there was so many inconsistencies of the plot and characters and their personalities. Like, one minute, Claire is able to keep her real emotions from Dave but then she has a terrible poker face. That's just one of them. Then, many of the basic character personalities themselves is pretty much the same as Lucky Charm. But not having read Astor's other books, I can't be sure, but so far, there is little creativity of characters. Even the basic theme was the same between the two books (I won't give away any spoilers).And lanky. I noticed that's the word she uses to describe all beautiful, tall, and skinny women, which kinda throws me off since I wouldn't describe them as "lanky".But, other than that, at least in this book, the plot stayed on course and we weren't teased by meaningless male characters. I just couldn't also get pass the little punctuation errors through out the book as well. I wasn't able to like this book at all, and it made me not want to read any more of her books if there's little creativity between stories.