Review: Another Mail Order Bride Story? Apparently (2.5 Stars)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
I wanted to like this book; I really did, so please don't flame the "harsh" review. It is a story told many times already (I've probably read 1/2 dozen with this plot, all enjoyable). So the "mail order" part can't be the only "hook" as if this were a novel idea. The characters need to be at least two-D and there should be interesting supporting characters and side-plots to keep the main story moving (since we all know how it will end anyway as the two protagonists marry and live HEA). We don't get that in this book. Even worse, the actually writing is very dull. For instance, "When she stopped to think about it, she decided she thought she should go." Who uses "think" and "thought" in the same sentence? "His face looked tired. It had been a long day. His tired eyes searched the room looking for her." Again, why would you use the word "tired" in back to back sentences? Does your version of Word not have a thesaurus?.On the plus side it is a good, clean story with nice values and you do hope everything works out OK for the heroine. But getting to the ending is just too tedious (even in such a short book). I hope the author takes this critique in the spirit in which it is intended and builds on her good foundation to create truly readable books with richer language and more developed characters. Thanks.