Review: And it burned
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
I received this book for an honest review.(3.5 Stars)I am really on the fence when it comes to this book. I had such high hopes for it after reading the first one. This one just, just kind of lost it somewhere along the way.It pretty much started off right where Spark left off at. On the plane where Laney thinks she imagined seeing Aiden. And even though she believes she sees him a couple of more times, she never says anything. Just keeps it to herself. I would of been singing like a canary, hallucinations or not. I would of blabbed to everybody and their momma. Laney completely took me by surprise in this book, she was not at all like I thought she was. I am not sure what happened to that strong feisty woman from Spark. I honestly grew to very much dislike her in this one. And I hated that. The stuff she did was just immature and selfish. Throughout most of the book she came off as completely selfish. She would claim she was doing these hurtful things to protect Eric from getting hurt. But the whole time that is exactly what she did. I just don't see how Eric could stay with her after some of what she did. The lies and the deceit were just a little to much for me. And don't get me wrong but I love me some sweet ol country boys but I do believe Laney may have cut Eric's balls off in his sleep. What happened to him? He just completely changed to. This utter devotion he had for Laney was a little unhealthy at times. I don't understand how he just always seemed to take the blame for a lot of things that weren't even his fault. Jeez Eric, you will need those things to survive in life. Grr these two just failed for me this time.So for once I actually enjoyed the story way more than the characters. This book was constantly on the go and it always had me questioning what was going to happen next. I just couldn't wait to see what was going to be thrown in to mess up their happy moment. You knew it was going to happen and I just craved it. I really wish though that you would of found out a little more about what happened to Laney's family. Did her Dad lose it? Is her Mom still the perfect pastor? It kind of left me empty not knowing. I also wanted to say that I wish what had happened to Aiden would of been a little more graphic. I mean there seemed to be no problem in describing some of the disgusting things he did to Laney but his deal was just, poof, over and done with. I wanted more lol. Yeah I am a little evil. But just because the characters lost my faith, I still really did enjoy the tale of these two damaged souls and I loved how it all ended up. Sappy balloons and all.My song for this book: Until It Hurts by Fransisca Hall