Review: Light & sweet!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
This novella has a great foundation - the characters, the basic plot - it was all good; I just wanted to crank it up a few degrees. Show a little more intensity. But if you just read a real angst-a-thon of a book &  you're looking for a light, sweet read, this is a good choice.Other things I liked: I like Liam's character; he shows depth. He's dealing with a broken heart & because his family's rich this means he can mess around with one-night-stands & marinate himself in alcohol, instead of getting on with it like the rest us poor working saps (*cough*hypocrite*cough* I totally mope all the time). However, even when moping around, he's still fairly even tempered, while not being too boring. He doesn't get snappy when someone's deliberately rude to him, he lets his father's bluster roll right over him and he acknowledges his faults. He's also funny & intelligent.Also done well is the dialogue, the conversations between Scott & Liam were sometimes light & funny (I could tell they shared a similar sense of humor) & sometimes intense (leading to some very nice love scenes). Liam's relationship with his parents was portrayed nicely & I liked the family dynamic -- they argued (especially father & son) but it wasn't too over the top (nasty, dramatic words were never exchanged). I could tell they loved each other.I read a review on another site that said that the ending was anticlimactic -- but I either didn't notice or didn't mind. Well, I would've liked more definite "I love you's" exchanged at the end. But I think there might be a sequel (Guard My Body) so maybe the author's saving that for later. However, I'd like to say thank you, Ms. Wynne, for not throwing in the obligatory last minute break-up. When not done well, it's feakin' exhausting.