Review: Stilted and intractable
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2012
Familiar with works from this author, I was surprised by how difficult I found it to finish this book.  I felt like the entire plot was too formatted, and the dialogue simply stilted and almost childish.  I found myself wanting to slap Nikki - the "heroine" of this book.  Supposedly her mother belittled Nikki her whole life, telling her that she was never going to keep a man, and forget about having children.  There was no logic to why the mother acted this way, and then the same behavior was perpetuated by her first husband.  Seriously? Rich, beautiful, educated woman buys into this premise?  Not to mention that she was a nurse by profession.  Did she skip the part in her training about gynecology?  She is so insecure that she hides out in her closet surrounded by blankets to feel comfort.....yet two men offer her the same feeling, and she can't figure it out?  Not to mention that the men say one thing, and she ends up storming about screeching at them.  God help me.  If I could have, I would have reached out and slapped all of them silly.  And to the naysayers - yep, I get it's fiction....but it's really BAD fiction.  Everyone can sense each other's thoughts, unless you really need that to work for you, and then I guess they simply forget. The entire plot felt forced and contrived - almost as if there is a formula.... Girl + 2(Boy)/friend in danger = Yawn....boring. There are better efforts out there - especially at the price.  The only reason I finished the book was because I was mad at paying that price for such a sloppy, sad tale.