Review: Not her best work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2013
This is one of my least-favorite books by Harrington. It wasn't bad--even Harrington's 'bad' would be better that most authors' 'good'--but A Light For My Love didn't grab me and hold my attention the way her other stories have. I suspected it was one of her earlier works, and I was right. Still, Homeward Hearts, released before this, was quite good.The writing is professional and rich, and the characters are well drawn. The problem I had with A Light For My Love was the fact that the plot seemed to drag in places and the heroine was irritating at times. I got as frustrated with her as did Jake.There is also a scene in which the heroine has information about something, but chooses to wait and look at a confirming characteristic at a later time. (Sorry. I know that's vague...trying not to be a spoiler.) I didn't buy it. In her place, I would have looked at it as quickly as I could. The author should have had Jake leave out that piece of information and then have China discover it later, on her own. The detail in question would have been self-explanatory, and it would have ramped up the emotion in one of the final scenes.Bottom line, this story is in need of some tweaks and a good trim. It wasn't a bad book; I did finish it and I mostly liked it. But if this is your first sample of Alexis Harrington, you should pick something else and try her work again. 3 1/2 stars.