Review: Amateurish and boring compared to the rest of the series
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
I'm shocked at all of the positive reviews for this book, especially if they have read the previous books in the series. This was nowhere near as good as the other two books. Perhaps the reviewers are personal friends with the author?A quick summary with some SPOILERS:Clare and Oliver have been best friends for years and have been friends with benefits for a while now. Clare wants to be more, but doesn't think Oliver does. Their most recent series of hook ups have occurred while Oliver is in a relationship with another woman, whom everyone despises. On a trip to the States, Oliver and the other woman break up, leaving him available to Clare guilt-free. I don't want to give away too much, but I will say that part of the trip includes Vegas, so perhaps you can guess what Oliver and Clare decide to do.So, here are the reasons I disliked the book:1) the plot just dragged. The few conflicts that occurred were brief and boring. There were pages recounting mundane non-activity that did nothing to develop the characters or drive the plot. Most of the book was taken up by Clare being terrified to admit to the rest of the group that she and Oliver were an item...oh, and some sex, too.2) It seemed to me that Clare was incapable of a complete rational thought. She just was not a well developed character. If the book is not going to be plot driven, you have to have compelling characters!3) My hopes were raised momentarily when the climax was introduced, but were dashed when Clare remained completely uninteresting, and the resolution was annoyingly predictable.4) The book needed to be proofread once more. I don't know if someone was paid to proofread this or not, but the previous books in this series did not have the problems that Sexy Hart did.I really wanted to like this book, because I thought Sexy Berkley was fine, and I actually enjoyed Sexy Summers quite a bit...I've been waiting for months for it to come out, so I'm quite sad that it missed the mark for me.