Review: Decent, but not for me.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Actual rating: 2.5 (rounded up to 3 because it was better than a 2)I don’t know what it was about this book that I just didn’t connect with. Overall A Taste of Trouble was entertaining enough, but I just didn’t really care about what was going on. It was really easy to figure out who everyone was, so the big reveals regarding someone’s identity and what was happening with Liv’s bakery, really weren’t surprising to me. Normally, the fact that I can figure things out ahead of time doesn’t detract from the story, but it did here. I was really struggling with continuing the book.I think most of the problem was that I didn’t really understand Liv and Jack. They were supposed to be one thing, but were entirely different. Jack was supposed to be a player, but he fell for Liv in an instant. Liv was supposed to be smart and savvy, yet she came off as nave and guarded. I really didn’t feel a connection to either character.I really wish I had liked this more. It was pretty well written, I just didn’t understand what was going on. Jack’s motivations seemed so convoluted and bizarre. The plot just didn’t work for me and that turned me off on the characters as well. I’ll definitely try reading more by Gina Gordon though and I hope that the experience is better than this one.Arc provided via Netgalley for an honest review.