Review: A lot of contradictions
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2012
I was really looking forward to reading this story since I loved the story Magic at Macy's by the same author. It was another sweet story taking place during the winter season. We have a very sweet and shy male character, Drew, who offers Kat the passenger seat of his car as they wait for the police and ambulance to arrive at the scene of a large accident that has taken place. I think a large part of the problem that I had started here.The blurb to the story mentions how Drew rescues her after she loses control of her car. There wasn't any real rescuing. He mostly just checks on her while she's still in her car and they directly go into his car from there. I did wonder why they didn't set out to check on others to make sure no one else was hurt since they were definitely not the only ones in this accident. There were several other cars which lead to the street being closed down. If Drew was the sweet person that he is portrayed as in the story, he would have checked on the others even though it didn't seem like a fatal accident.That leads me to the next misleading description. The blurb mentions how she is stranded on Lake Shore Drive. She is stranded in a way because she can't drive past the other cars that are blocking the street but the blurb this made me think that she would get stranded all alone and Drew would come and help her. They would find a way to make it to the nearest shelter or whatever and be able to spend time together alone...or something like that.The whole story focuses on how they sit together in his car with Drew being shy but enjoying Kat's company. Kat on the other hand keeps making the strangest or silliest statements. I realize she may be nervous sitting next to a good looking guy, but her comments weren't fun to read. The idea of sitting alone in a car with a nice, handsome stranger might have been more appealing if there weren't cars all around them, one in a ditch, and a bus close by with possibly many people who could have used a checking on from someone else (for example Drew and Kat ). It didn't really seem romantic.Also, usually I don't give feedback on covers but I think this one really did not match with the story. The story is sweeter than what the cover seems to imply.I was disappointed with this story. I realize a fantasy of meeting up a stranger or the person meant to be your mate in this way seems romantic but it didn't work with this story line. I think a part of it was also the fact that it was written in first person and for me those are always the hardest to like. I loved Magic at Macy's even though it was in first person, but the story flowed easily. In this story Kat's dialogue and the accident surrounding the characters hindered the development of the plot.