Review: Great concept but the delivery did not work for me.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
The main thing to me when reading a book is that I connect with the characters.  I think this was a really good plot and Christine Zolendz is a good writer but I just could not connect with or care about the characters.  Kade is a hero with a horribly tortured past.  His behavior is understandable but to me the character just came across as self pitying and self indulgent.  Sam/Lainey is running from an abusive spouse, a plot I usually love, but she didn't work for me either.  I found her sort of unlikeable, but mostly I felt indifferent to the character.  The secondary characters were one dimensional.  The book was written in a mostly inner monologue style (from both the H/h POV) which I found to be overly dramatic, especially on Kade's part.  Because of my reaction to the characters I struggled to read and after 70% wanted to give up.  When the book finally reaches the climatic sex and drama scenes I didn't really care so I was just reading words.I have read other books by this author that I really liked and will continue to read her work.