Review: Beautifully frustrating!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2013
I enjoyed this story.  I haven't read Jace and Carly's book, but I felt I didn't really need to.  I am not really interested in reading it either.I did like Mama Jo and Little Bella.  The cast was quirky and fun.Cyrus was a beautiful mixed up man.  Tara had a very difficult and hard life.  Her parents were killed when she was 5 and she spent the rest of her formative years in foster homes, till she got too old and then she was out on her own.I liked how this progressed.  There was good pace, characters were well fleshed out, and the main characters were likeable.  I did think that Tara was a bit naive in some respects!  It made me feel good that she was growing within herself.  Cyrus had a lot going on.  It was charming how Tara wormed her way in.  I found it slightly amazing that he has this supportive family, and his one dysfunctional relationship, skewed the way he saw himself.  It also seemed that he was suffering psychological effects from being in the Navy, and watching the horrors that he faced.  I can understand the PTSD, but not the girlfriend.  It was like he didn't lose sense of self, just lost how he saw himself.Some aspects of the story that did bug me was, THE SPELLING!  When a nipple is erect, it is NOT TAUNT!  Taunt is teasing or goading!  The correct spelling is TAUT!  Also Cyrus did NOT throw METALS into the ocean!!!!  He threw MEDALS!  Yes the medals are made of metal, but in English it is two different things!  I am still amazed at how many authors either don't proof read, or use spell check!Anyway, I enjoyed the book.  It isn't one however,  I would read again.