Review: Disappointed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2013
The writing is loose, there are plenty of typos that had me distracted, the story is rushed, simplistic and contrived at times, the characters are under-developed, there was nothing to get me involved or make me want to buy the next book. I just didn't feel that the lust-driven relationship between Charlotte and Bly looked anything like love, in spite of the author's desire to force the idea into the reader's mind. It's not enough to state that the heroes have fallen in love. We, readers, need to be convinced of it. There are a lot of factual inconsistencies as well that acted as constant deterrents. Last, but not least, using Finn to open the door to a plot for the sequel was, in my view, terrible. Finn's character was so little developed throughout the book, he was almost inexistent as an individual, let alone as a prospective main character in a future novel. He and JP acted very much like inseparable twins, and it seems very awkward to pull him aside and give him a major role when no ties were developed between him and the heroine. It just looks like a lame attempt to create more plot when the author ran out of imagination. But there wasn't much throughout the novel, anyway. This is not a book that I would recommend.