Review: Well-written story about boring, uninspiring characters
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2013
Disappointing! SL Scott is obviously a good writer (definitely one of the better ones out there these days), and her "Naturally, Charlie" is positively sublime.But this one? Not so much.Mostly well written (lots of grammatical errors / misspellings), descriptive, but utterly implausible with lead characters who bored me nearly to tears and were a bit (? okay, a lot) saccharine.Evie is an Upper East Side (Manhattan) college-attending princess, engaged to an abusive jerk. Her parents strongly encourage (ahem) the union to further their connections, business and social. They also raised a daughter with no backbone, no sense of self-worth, and without the ability to make / maintain friendships. Odd, especially as the parents aren't painted to be monsters but more "looking-the-other-way" superficial types. (Until, of course, the end, when they have their come-to-jesus and the angels sing. Somehow.)William is a fellow student from a working-class family (Staten Island) who is taken with Evie; this is ostensibly their story, from friendship to falling in love, etc.The only problem was that no one was interesting! No one was funny or sassy or engaging -- especially engaging. Our lead characters, Evie and Will, were positively boring, milquetoast, and they let ridiculous situations go on and on. And on.I didn't care about any of them, and a real bore is this repeated type that one of the characters is insanely wealthy. We've had it in multiple books (inc a few of this author's) and really? Enough.