Review: Great premise, entertaining first half, cracked second half
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2012
Quick blurb: Cranky reclusive writer gets the hots for his new editor and goes on Roman Holiday.Quick review: Great premise, entertaining first half, cracked second half.Grade: C-Galley Proof has some really good writing, but it was overshadowed by numerous distractions that kicked me out of my reading trance again and again and again.It's two different stories: The angsty, romantic Budding Relationship in the first half and the campy, shallow Shame Spiral in Scenic Surroundings in the second half. And I didn't like the first-person narrator hero in either environment.When I average out the ~happy sighs~ against the *head-shaking* and >eye-rolling<, I get a C-. It's not horrible, but I really can't recommend it.