Review: stories within a story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2012
So this is the second story I've read from this author, " Promise to Keep" being the first. It's a similar set up where there are main characters and the secondary characters pretty much get their time to shine as the story goes along. I didn't appreciate it much with the previous novel. but now I'm used to it the second time around. First thing's first. If you're not prepared to read 600+ pages, skip this because you will need time and a genogram(so to speak) to keep up with who's doing what to whom when, how and why.So the rundown review is basically this:main characters: Cassandra & Granger- I was really rooting for them as they really couldn't catch a break in just being together drama-free. From the minute they met their relationship was tested.now for the secondary characters:Cynne & Raidon- had me cracking up anytime there was a chance that those two were together ( dare I say they were my favorite couple)Siton & Brian- what in the world is going to happen with that mouth of hers??lol. They deserve their own story as there is so much to explore with them, especially seeing how a man like Brian can finally get Siton to "put a sock in it"... sheeesh!Nicola & Latisha- again, a couple (in the making) that would probably benefit from their own story because not much was explored with themJoy and Dr. Zahrich- their story unfortunately I didn't really care about.Then Raven from the "Promise to Keep" made an appearance with the author giving us her background story, but like her role in the first novel .. She shows up to do a deed and then she's pretty much m.i.a the rest of the story. I have a feeling she might be popping up in future novels and we get a bit more familiar with her.and of course the villainous cousins who were totally F'd up and added enough high octane drama literally to the very end.All the characters were written in such way as to keep suspense and drama flowing. Everyone and I mean everyone had a back story and that's where the novel may have been tedious to read. So as a reader you start to not care so much about what's going on with certain characters in the story. You just want to know what the ending will be like so you can have peace of mind.Finally the quotation marks were misplaced all throughout the story. That was very very distracting.3 1/2 stars