Review: Oh em gee!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
The good: I enjoyed this story. I liked the build-up of their rekindled relationship. I liked learning of their past through the flashbacks. I liked how, through other people getting involved, a breakdown in communication led to their separation. I thought the author did an excellent job with developing the main characters but also the secondary characters.Eric!! Ohh emm geee lol. He was hilarious!! He was exactly how I imagine a gay bff would be! My wife has a gay bff and he is an Eric! Totally over the top, totally inappropriate,Adriana was an excellent bestie who then became an ex bestie and then a bestie again! This was through the misunderstandings in the past.Charlie was also a great character. She was determined, no pushover, conflicted, self-motivated, strong. I like reading about strong female characters.And Lex….well what can I say about Lex. Manwhore because he lost the love of his life. Trying to redeem himself to Charlie, with an air of arrogance you need in an alpha male, but he also had a desperate side to him. Desperate to prove to Charlie of his love for her but not in a wimpy way.The bad and the ugly: Oh dear the change of POV just didn’t work. The author made the mistake of re-telling each chapter almost verbatim in the alternate POV. This just doesn’t work. This stops the story flowing so you’re taking one step forward then one step back and repeating. The book just didn’t flow smoothly and was frustrating to read. I liked knowing what Lex and Emily were thinking about the same situation but there’s better ways of doing that than the way this author did it. It made the book disjointed and clunky to read.I almost gave up with this book because of the rinse and repeat of the chapters but I’m glad I didn’t because it is a great story with great characters. I want to read the next book and hope that the author takes on board the comments made regarding the way she changed POV. I would have given this book full marks but in all honesty, because of that, I can’t.This author has talent, there’s no doubt in my mind that she’s going to be a sitting-waiting-for-her-next-release kind of author so I have to give her kudos for that. Just sort out your POV changes!!