Review: Good writing!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
I enjoyed reading this intelligent book by an author who actually writes like a writer- smart, articulate, well crafted & acceptably edited.Sadly that was just about all that held my interest. The story was rather bland and while I appreciate a more down to earth, drama-free book this one simply did not wow me. Probably because I did not get the chemistry between Kansas and Jett. They fell in love - and into bed pretty quickly but the hows and whys were not believable or even fully described.In general, couples falling into bed or in love too quickly is off-putting to me but there are exceptions. When the writer is skillful at creating chemistry between the characters, it works. I'm afraid it did not in this story.I also hate it when the female character (as in this story) is portrayed as having too high a standard to indulge in risky, reckless behaviour such as one night stands. Yet goes ahead and succumbs. Of course it's because they have a 'connection' and he is just that hot. Right. Worse she had the temerity to rail at him the following day when work commitments meant he had to leave her side. What the heck?! Meanwhile attempts were made to depict her as a commitmentphobe. In which case she should have been thrilled to escape him. But nope, she throws a mini tantrum. A one night stand & you're acting entitled? Girl please...Overall it was okay with smart, sometimes quirky dialogue, pleasant supporting characters and a few nasty ones just to stir things up a bit.Though this book fell a bit flat for me, I will definitely keep an eye out for Ms Colt's work in the future .