Review: Fun, if a little shaky, debut.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
When Maggie Owens has a vision that tells her staying with her boyfriend, Evan Jackson, will destroy his future she breaks their relationship off with no explanation. Since then Evan has become very successful as an artist but when his business partner hires Maggie without realizing she and Evan have history things get complicated. They both still have feelings for one another but her gifts as a witch are keeping them from finding their way back to bliss.I'm not a big fan of romances where one party dumps the other based on something really silly (ie. a vision, a misunderstanding, honor, etc.) so I was a bit wary of Marrow's debut. Sure enough, the premise really was not my cup of tea and felt like a table standing on two legs but there's something fun about Marrow's voice that kept me reading. While I never quite warmed to Maggie or Evan the way I did to the secondary characters I didn't dislike them either. I think the story was just way too short and didn't allow for enough character development and history (which might have helped me sympathize with Maggie breaking up with Evan over her vision) to quite sell me on them.While I ultimately felt pretty 'meh' on LaOCN I will definitely be watching for more stories from Marrow. She has a bit of growing to do as a writer but there is immense potential here! If, like myself, you love watching an author with a shaky debut find their 'sea legs' she's going to be one to watch. Also, if you're a fan of Gina L. Maxwell's Fighting for Love series you won't want to miss the cameo from one of her characters!Notes: My copy of this book was a complimentary copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.