Review: Disappointing 2.5 stars for the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
All in all this series was a big disappointment. I reviewed each book separately below.This review is from: Oceans Between Us (A Cinderella Romance) (Kindle Edition) 2 starsThis book was disappointing to me. I had high hopes that I would like it but there was a number of things that I didn't really care for including both of the main characters.Maria is supposed to be British but the way that she spoke and even the way that her family spoke didn't come off that way at all. Dino's Italian shown through quite often but rarely did any of Maria's family sound the least bit British other than when they said Mum or called the twins poppet.I don't really have a whole lot to say about this book because while I did finish it, nothing really appealed to me about it at all. The story line lacked an oomph to it and characters were only mediocre at best. I bought this book in a three box set on Amazon so hopefully the other two books are better.This review is from: Unbreak My Heart (Childhood Sweethearts Reunited) (Kindle Edition) 2 starsOnce again this book fell short of my expectations. I bought this book as a part of a box set called Love Is All Around by Helen Scott Taylor. This book was better than the first book in the set but it still left me wanting more. I couldn't seem to care either way if the two main characters got together or not.The first part of the book started off pretty good with Kate running from the paparazzi that are following her to find out who the father of her baby is in hopes that it is truly an up and coming actor. She runs to her first love who now owns the hotel that she grew up in while her parents were employed there. I enjoyed the setting of the book and the hotel itself sounded amazing but I found both Kate and Andre annoying and couldn't connect with either of them. I also feel that should have been more included about Dan, the babies biological father. One phone call from him in a place that no one is supposed to have the number to was lame. I certainly hope that the third book in the set is better.This review is from: A Family Forever (Contemporary Romance Novella) (Kindle Edition) 3 starsThis was the third book in the box set called Love Is All Around and was by far the best of the three but still falls short of being great. This book was really short story that only took me about an hour to read. The characters Victoria, Adam and their two children Harry and Sophie were all easily likeable and the story line while somewhat unconventional was sweet.Victoria lives in a small cottage with her eight year old daughter Sophie. A task that she has taken on is helping injured hedgehogs. The villagers in the small town call her when they come across injured or orphaned hedgehogs, she and Sophie nurse them back to health and then lets them go back into the wild in boxes at a neighboring property.Adam has bought the neighboring land and plans to develop it but had no clue of the arrangement that Victoria had with the past owner. He arrives with his ten year old son Harry and they meet Victoria and Sophie while touring the property.Together they work to find a solution for the hedgehogs and find themselves falling for each other but because Adam travels a lot doesn't want to pursue a relationship. Harry though is tired of traveling and now that he's found a friend, he's decided that he no longer wants to travel around with his dad and takes matters not his own hands.