Review: Typical Characters, Typical Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
I was not at all wowed by this story. Tessa Bailey went from being on my must read list to being on my 'well, maybe I'll get around to it' list. I think she's gotten into a rut. The characters aren't anything special anymore. Open any Harlequin and you'll find a Julie. Blond, anal-retentive, boring. Reed is a typical Tessa Bailey hero, that is, he thinks he's damaged, he loves dirty talk and being in control in the bedroom, and he's all hot and bothered over a generally boring girl. I think Bailey needs to go back to the drawing board and start finding some unique characters and stories to tell. But keep that dirty talk, of course!ProsDirty talk. Give it to me!!That scene at the hot spring. HotttttRegan sounded like my kind of girl, I'm going to look up her storyConsReed calls Julie 'Pixie'. Was I the only one put off by that? She wasn't pixie-like at all and, also, the manic dream pixie girl trope MUST DIE.I was very bored by Julie.Reed was very stereotypically 'damaged' and I felt like that could have been fleshed out a little moreUgh the Epilogue. Too conservative for my tastes (Reed asking Julie's father before asking her. I HATE that traditional b.s.!)