Review: Not a disaster but not great either.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Rachel and Jake meet in a club, dance and have an instant attraction to each other. When their dance is over, he walks away and it seems like they'll never meet again. That is, until Jake shows up as Rachel's co-worker (she is the Resident Advisor to her floor in her dorm at college and he is the new...I don't remember what they called him. He was like the resident tutor). So not only are they now working together but living across the hall from each other, as well.The spark between them is even stronger than when they first met but Jake's "No Relationships" rule and Rachel's "No Casual Sex" rule seem destined to keep them apart.First of all, I have never heard of an RA taking the freshmen on field trips. Or having weekly meetings. Or almost any of the stuff these people did (in a weak attempt to advance the plot). In my school, the RAs and RDs (Resident Director--head of the RAs) were just there in case there was a problem. We had one meeting, the first week of school and that was it. But whatever. It didn't work as a plot device for me.The biggest problem with this story is its predictability and stilted writing. The characters were not well drawn and much of the conflict was told rather than shown. Dialogue was awkward at best--does anyone here use a contraction?? This could have been an interesting story but the tension and depth was just missing.I understand this is this writer's debut novel. I think she has potential but a class in character/plot development and dialogue would help make her next book a much better read.