Review: Just Didn't Like
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
I've read both of these authors separately and really enjoyed their books, so I assumed I'd love this one, too. Boy, was I wrong. I actually sped through this book as quickly as I could, trying as hard as possible to finish it and get it over with.First we have Harper. She is extremely negative and can't stand the thought of someone helping her. Now, I can understand this to a point, but she's constantly rude and unnecessarily mean to people--including Levi--and it doesn't stop. Even in the last chapter, she's still being snarky and rude. Yes, she does stop herself, but it's still there. It was the first time that she really seemed to catch herself doing so. She's just negative and unhappy throughout the entire book and I just couldn't find it in myself to like her. She doesn't really provide a believable apology to the people she's treated badly. It's just assumed that she's going to treat them like that, and readily accepted.Levi was fine, as a character, but he deserved more than Harper. She was still ragging on him in the last chapter and I don't understand what he ever saw in her other than her looks. The only complaint I'd maybe have about him is the fact that the authors didn't really seem to have him figured out. He flitted all over the place, especially on an employment level. He's a big bad warrior, but he's sensitive about working for his daddy or he refuses to move fully into his house. He didn't really have a solid personality that I could believe.The plot was okay, but I mostly found myself not caring. When you find out who is actually after Harper, it's extremely anti-climactic. This should have been the dark moment, leading up to the very end. There was still a large portion of book afterwards and I just found myself extremely bored. None of the secondary characters really played a big enough part to be noticeable or liked by the reader. I mostly just wanted to get through the book.I'm extremely disappointed that two authors that I really loved couldn't quite pull it together for this one. Things seemed disjointed and nothing really flowed. I won't likely be picking up anything from this series again.