Review: Weak storyline, okay characters, needed more and strong dialogue to build depth
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
3 stars = it's okay.That's how I felt about this storySheridan is a struggling artist that meets gorgeous hunky QB, Jared.Jared and Sheridan immediately have strong chemistry between them.Jared has experienced some bad publicity due to a football player's wife sitting on his lap.The owner is threatening to trade Jared, so the plot is about creating a fake marriage b/w the perfectly adorable Sheridan and Jared.Sheridan and Jared fall in love, they have great sex, marriage is real, HEA, no cliffhanger. The End.It's a premise that has been done before - so the author needed to create great characters and give depth to the storyline. Neither was accomplish. The story was tepid, the relationship romance factor was okay, and the ending was contrived and campy. I didn't give it 2 stars because it is defined as 'I didn't like it'. This book was just ok.Storyline: Jared needs a fake marriage? Even if he HAD slept with another player's wife. Who cares? Football is a very forgiving sport. Sports fans have a 10 minute memory. As long as the player is kicking butt on the field - who cares. Anymore remember Ray Lewis??? How did he end up being the darling of the Ravens after the murder trial? The list is 10 miles long of players like that. I think the more of a tool the players are, the more football fans like them.Okay - so storyline aside.Jared and Sheridan seem like nice people - but cannot communicate a darn.They spend a lot of time avoiding each other.Then Sheridan has to throw herself at Jared.Where is the dialogue. The author talks about HOW they like each other, but doesn't SHOW us. I like books where we experience the growth of friendship and love WITH the characters - not hear about afterwards. So I don't end up connecting with the main characters.I guess there is a book about Jared's BFF and Sheridan's BFF getting together.They didn't play a big role in this book - so I wasn't interested in reading about them starring in their own book.