Review: Monet Dawson
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2013
With the title "The Seduction of Monet Dawson:  Confessions of a Military Wife", I figured I had a pretty good idea of what the book was about.  However, the title does not describe the book in any way.  There is a character with that name and she is a military wife, but I seem to have missed the seduction part as well as any confessions (I thought maybe having an affair would be the confession, but Monet asked for a divorce prior to starting the relationship).The main character is male and the story is written in a biographical style with actual redacted documentation to protect the real names of the individuals.  It was really off-putting to have actual documents, such as the hospital record to prove the injuries the main character claimed were inflicted by his girlfriend.  The book felt like someone attempting to present their case in court as opposed to telling a good story and it made it really hard to develop a sense of empathy for the characters.The story did get interesting when the aspect of hypnosis was introduced.  I wish this theme had been the focus because it appears that the main character has helped a lot of people with his talent.  The newspaper articles about hypnotism in the military were interesting and that topic would make a great book.I think the author's style would be much more suited to the historical military genre, but this is definitely not a romance as the title might suggest.  Overall, it was just not my cup of tea.