Review: Don't Bother
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
The first thing I wrote down in my notebook when regarding how to review this book:This book made me want to throw my Kindle.That is extreme for me. I love romance stories - they are a great escape and since they are predictable (you know there will be happy ending) they don't require a lot of stress reading them. If this had been the first romance book I had ever read, I am not sure I would read another. The heroine, Kelsey, was annoying and it is her character that really soured this book for me. I thought her attitude towards getting pregnant out of wedlock was incredibly archaic. The fact that she was ashamed to the point of having to hide her pregnancy and the steps she took to keep it hidden even years later really struck me as old-fashioned and weak. While I consider myself to be very conservative when it comes to morals, I don't buy the extreme amount of shame that Kelsey carries over getting pregnant out of wedlock. I also found the supporting characters of Veronica and Grayson to be shallow and frustrating as well. Grayson was a jerk and I couldn't fathom why Kelsey considered him such a friend. And her mother - I don't buy that either. Sure, moms have been disapproving of their children's actions and choices for generations...but to carry it to the extreme and her father never stepping up and confronting her. I can't imagine any mother taking an abusive husband's side over her daughter.The one redeeming element of this story was Patrick, the hero. Even though he lacked depth as a character, I did like as I felt that he was very genuine and did not exhibit any of his tabloid persona in the book.