Review: predictable, cliched, tedious, fluffy chick lit rubbish with no plot
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2013
I though the story would be an uplifting account of a woman discovering her strengths after suffering a sports injury.Instead this book spends 50% of the first few chapters setting the scene for its trilogy. We're introduced to a myriad of caricature chick lit cardboard cut outs characters, a surfeit of angst and lust before we've finished reading the first chapter and a lackluster tale.I'm assuming the author intends to publish 3 books based on a set of triplets called Billy-Jo, Betty-Jo and Bobbi-Jo. This isn't a joke- that's really their names. The hillbillies are aware of their unfortunate name hence I thought, perhaps not all is lost. However, their constant irrational fighting was ridiculous and tedious. Even teens would be embarrassed by such immature conduct.It's also pretty incestuous and weird. Bobbi or Betty had a fling of some sort with the hero, Logan. But now he's pursuing the heroine. While Shane (a former beau of Bobbi or Betty) is chatting up Billi-Jo. Charming.Billy-Jo and the hero (in the first few chapters) rarely spare a word to each other but we can't have a scene without one or the other thinking how hot his/her bits are. And yes, Logan Forrest is really hot. He's the tall, dark handsome cliche that's found in every chick lit, but other than that he doesn't seem to possess much personality, intelligence or witty banter. The dialogue was dry, the story dragged and the fighting was over the top.There's also all these evil background characters who seem to be solely placed as a foil to make the hero (and the next installment of hero's) look good. The worst being Seth Longford, who is not only a pale, short and ugly comparison to our tall, dark handsome hero, but is sexist, crude and resembles a spiteful 14 year old. The hero keeps company with this dude because they're part of the same hockey team - clearly the hero is desperate for team mates because this unrealistic caricature of a "bad guy" spends an awful amount of time with him.Additionally, Shane will be the hero in the next installment. He's a damaged brooding badboy type (most likely tall, dark and handsome too) and an ex con. A tortured soul with a dark passion for Betty or Bobbi whatever,. He's hurt and jaded by love, life and all things nice. We're introduced to him in this novel and also to Bobbi-Jo or Betty (the chick he'll end up with). This charming sister has agreed to marry a dweebish lawyer and that's the dweeb lawyers fault for not being manly, passionate, blah blah. Of course he will receive his just desserts for not possessing these attributes (and for being a law-abiding citizen and an achiever) when Bobbi betty whatever leaves him for Shane - can't wait to read the next installment yay.... NOT. . .=======================Billy-Jo is a 25 year old former professional ice hockey player (who played i Sweden because they allow women in their non-contact version of the sport). She suffers a head injury (probably explains her lack of grey matter) and returns to her home town. Here she family drama with her sister, a melancholy (quite touching) reunion with her father and grandfather and suffers sexist remarks from former classmates when she decides to join an all male hockey team. She also encounters her childhood wet dream Logan.