Review: Detained
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
This book shined in the dialogue between the two main characters. This is an Australian contemporary romance by an Australian author, so the spelling/grammar took a while to get used to as an American reader not familiar with all the spelling/grammar variants between Australian English & American English; ultimately, I think that just lent to the authentic feeling of the characters and settings for me. The plot was interesting, but man oh man was there a lot of angst rolling off the hero! While I really enjoyed this book, there were parts that lagged for me, particularly toward the middle of the book when there was a lot more description of what was going on than dialogue; once the story got back to being dialogue-driven I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Aside from the dialogue, I also loved all the pop-culture references in this book (Spiderman and Green Day, for example) that made it universally relatable regardless whether it was written with an Austrailian reading audience in mind.