Review: frankly silly
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
I read the reviews so I knew what to expect,  but I love Mary Calmes,  she's written some of my all time favorites,  so I went ahead and bought it anyway.  It has themes she often writes about - in fact,  her books, much as I love them,  are starting to blur. There is always the too perfect narrator,  who underestimates his impact on those around him, and the more aggressive love interest, who needs some polishing.  I love these themes,  but here everything was too rushed and too odd.  It would have worked just as well (or better!) without the supernatural element which felt grafted on and silly.  I liked Julian, quieter,  longing for connection,  refusing to sleep around,  but Ryan felt like a pastiche,  just personality traits squished together without becoming a whole.  I rate it 2.5 stars,  rounded up to 3 because I finished it.