Review: Entertaining
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
I enjoyed reading this novel and while I probably wouldn't read it again, could easily recommend it to others.Awesome Sauce:-Great descriptions of the surroundings-Lifestyle was fairly accurate and you could tell she researched well.  Lots of Hawaiian vocabulary used (though I also have a sour grapes comment about that as well)-Hero was hot-Heroine wasn't a brat, pushy, or rudeSour Grapes:-timeline was a bit rushed for me, everything happened in the span of a week-Bit too much sci-fi going on, liked the concept but scenes at the end it went a bit over the top-I'm from Hawaii.  While the book was very well researched, there were things that drove me a bit crazy, though I doubt they would bother anyone else unless they've spent a great deal of time here.  For instance,  the hero wears strapped sandals on the beach- no virile young local man here would be caught dead in strapped sandals.  Some of the pidgin was a bit off.  The author was quite strict about using proper Hawaiian vocabulary even when there are other words in Hawaiian or pidgin that are much more frequently used.  Also, traditional Malasadas are not usually cream filled though she implies they all are.  Okay, I'm being nit-picky, but I had to get that off my chest.I did enjoy this nice, easy read and it would be fun to have on a Hawaii vacation.  Or a stay-cation in which you'd like to pretend you're in Hawaii :)