Review: Excellent Writer!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2012
I really struggled with this book at first, but that is not to say it was bad, it just wasn't for me.  The author is an amazing writer!  She is very talented and the book is deep and detailed.  The problem for me is that I like more fast-paced and fun reads and this book is slow and serious.  Every little thing is detailed to the extreme and, while some people may enjoy that kind of detail, as the mother of an infant I just don't have time for it.  When Melanie first moves into the house I felt like I was watching paint dry.  Every room in the huge house was described down to every last flower on the wallpaper and every single fleck of dust.  I was about to give up entirely at 48% when, all of a sudden, something happened that intrigued me.  I ended up finishing even though I skipped a lot of pages.  To all future readers of Jocelyn's Journal, get your patience in gear and don't give up.  It gets better.