Review: Didn't quite connect for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
I love Violet Duke books, and have read all of them at least once.  This one left me feeling not connected to the characters or the town.  I couldn't relate and the story just didn't flow well.  I like to feel that I am falling in love with the characters as the characters are falling in love with each other; but I never felt the love or relationship.  It felt off, like it was just a friends story.  The characters seemed to make a brief appearance in "Love, Chocolate, and Beer" and I don't feel like I got to know them in depth in their own story.  There were editing things like "she realized she could use her brain without using her brain" or "she looked up and kissed her" simple things like that kept distracting me because I had to reread to understand the flow.  The best part of this was Drew and Skylar's brief interaction, that actually made me swoon.  Can't wait for their book, as long as it is filled with as much emotion as their brief connection.  The brother's seemed to have more depth and emotion in the little bit they were featured.  I am looking forward the next book about Xoey though, and am hoping to get back to the characters that started the series.