Review: Quick and easy read, but not without flaws
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
Falling for Her Soldier was a cute read overall. Ellie and Charlie were definitely very adorable together. I liked reading about their talks and their dance practices. A lot of times with books like this I find myself asking "Why don't you just tell the truth??", and that was definitely the case here. However I did think there was enough outside interference from Ellie's brother that I could buy the scenario to an extent.You know how sometimes there's one aspect of a book that probably shouldn't be your main focus, but it bugs you so much you almost can't focus on anything else? Yeah. I had that happen here. Ellie is supposedly planning this benefit for the centre where soldiers and veterans gather, and yet besides her dance with Hunter you don't see her working on anything. What's up with that? Did she delegate? Where did these magical volunteers come from, and how was stuff donated? As someone who's planned events and has worked for a non-profit hosting a big fundraising event it was annoying to have everything glossed over. Yes there was mentions of press for the event, but what about all the work it took to get the event planned? All it would have taken was a few mentions here and there. You don't need scenes of characters going door to door to business or anything, but on the opposite end of the spectrum to have this important aspect completely ignored was quite strange. Okay, end rant.Beyond this detail which bugged me and that probably most people wouldn't even pick up on (!), this was a decent enough read overall. It had its fun aspects, it held my attention, and it was a quick and easy read.