Review: not for me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
See Through Me,  (Lose My Senses #1), Sera Bright.Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviewsLike another reviewer I too thought this was a complete book, with the second telling the story from Ash POV. Its not, there's a kind of finish, no cliffhanger but there are so so many unanswered questions its clear there's a lot more to come. My mistake, but clearly an easy one to make.So, Katie?? Well, I felt for her in some ways as she'd had a troubled childhood, little support from her dad, and it seems no other family but...somehow I just didn't really warm to her. She seemed just that bit too self obsessed, not in the “I deserve everything good” way, but in the way she saw everything as to how it impacted on her. Then there's her so called best friend – well all I can say is the old “with friends like her who needs enemies” applies here - I think Helen from the café was a far better friend to her, even though she wasn't same age group. Ash, he's a lovely guy and clearly loves Katie, but his way of showing it was...odd at times :-) Given she'd disappeared for a year I thought he'd have been trying harder to find out where and why, but no. Then there's the mysterious dad, he's summoned Katie home over something to do with the house but he never actually appears, though we do get to hear a phone conversation with him eventually.I think what most didn't work for me about this was it was so slow, it seemed nothing happened, except for a few more tantalising hints about the past and some mysteries still to be revealed, it seemed so vague, unfinished ....I didn't get the sense of love – real love – between Katie and Ash, lust and sex yes, but anything more? Well, they'd surely need to talk and learn more about each other for that, and though they grew up in each others pockets they seem to know little about the real person each is. Then of course there's all those hints about some deep mystery...why does Trevor hate Katie, why has he belittled her so much over the years, and why does her best friend seem to just brush off her boyfriend's actions ( though she did seem high at the time …) What’s with Katie's mum's  disappearance, thought I think after the ending I know some answers no doubt there's a lot more to come. I just got the feeling there were a myriad of vague hints, but I’m not sure what or who is exactly the problem and why...and I’m not sure this book made me care enough to read the second part – which it is, not just a story telling Ash POV, but a continuation of this part.Stars: two, it just didn't work for me :-( but then again I am past the NA tag though I’ve read and loved some fab books from this genre. I'm sure others will love it, as always its great we have such a diversity of choices.ARC supplied via Netgalley