Review: clumsy manipulation
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2012
I picked up this book while it was free on Kindle, so on some level I have no right to complain.  However, there were some things I found to be very objectionable, and my hope is the author can use the opinions in these customer reviews to hone her craft.***SPOILERS***The first part of the book was okay, though anyone who has any friends going through any type of recovery from addiction knows that the addict is encouraged to take personal responsibility for their actions.  For me, the main character was stuck in victimhood and blaming others for her fall from grace.  But the point where I put the book down in disgust was the same moment mentioned by another reviewer, though for a different reason.  The author saw fit to kill off the heroine's best friends; apparently she couldn't think of another way to provide conflict for the H/h to overcome.  What made my hair stand on end was the fact that the heroine, coming straight from an agreement to seriously pursue her relationship with the hero, then drives away without a word.  A few facts about the hero have already been established:  1. He always carries a blackberry with him, as he's non-verbal and it's his only way to communicate in real time.  Completely simple to have sent the guy a text.  Barring that, they're working at a hotel - leave a note at the desk, voice mail on his room phone, stick a Post-It to his door, for cripes' sake.  2. His loss of speech is due to severe trauma.  The heroine, a trained nurse, sees fit to disappear in this way from the life of someone who's already very delicately balanced?  It's not only deeply stupid, it's also unethical, and downright mean.  I stopped reading mid-sentence, deleted the book, and have no plans to purchase anything else written by this author unless I can be persuaded she's treating her characters, and her readers, with more respect and intelligence.