Review: stilted writing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
If this book didn't have steam, it would have nothing at all. The writing is stilted, and the dialogue is particularly unrealistic. This book epitomizes the reason I don't like series--the author thought we'd be delighted to meet once again all these side characters that were probably in previous Star Harbor books, but usually they aren't fleshed out enough to be interesting or memorable, and rarely add to the plot.The story itself was a good plot idea--former bad boy reforms and becomes the sheriff who sweeps the workaholic doctor off her feet, but I was sort of offended that our heroine only wanted some "fun" with Cole in the beginning--as if he wasn't a real person, and it was okay to toy with him. Then he shows himself to be the better person, determined to go slow and win her heart, but ends up pawing her over and over long before they ever have sex. Neither had much character, in my opinion, nor did they grow that much. Julie learned not to work so hard and to allow for the possiblity of love in her life (big whoop), and Cole learned he needed treatment for his PTSD (something he knew from the beginning, but just kept denying). It would have been far more interesting to see what working through that PTSD looked like.The drug plot was okay, but ended with the cliched villain tells all.I didn't have much trouble putting this book down, and my only motivation to keep reading really was to get through it, so I could find a better book.I can't stress enough just how stilted the dialogue is (and much of the narration). Very amateurish writing.