Review: 3.5 Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
The rating for this book was originally 4 Stars. I'm not sure what happened, but during the climax of the book, I just lost the connection I had with the characters.I like a book with a strong female lead. At the beginning of the book, Victoria is just that. She's confident, knows what she wants in life, and even lends strength to her friend, Sage, in her time of need. She was a really well rounded, solid character. However, in the middle of the book, when the conflict happens, her character falls apart. She becomes irrational and comes off as weak to me. She took her issues (if you can call them that) so far to the extreme that I found it a bit too much. She ran and was stubborn instead of staying strong, sticking and fighting.Then, we have Leland. Talk about hotness! He is a strong male lead. He's confident, but not to the point of annoyingly cocky. We also don't see him being a playboy, which I like because that seems like a pretty common theme when it comes to a successful, rich lead male. However, he seems to try too hard to please Victoria and make her forgive him. In my opinion, there wasn't anything to forgive. Again, I feel like she made mt. Everest out of a tiny ant hill. I know we love when a man proves his love to his woman. We want him to move heaven and earth for her, but in this situation, I just felt like it was too much and uncalled for. I was actually hoping he would tell her to bug off, but of course this is a romance novel, and it wasn't going to happen.I think I just had a distaste for how Victoria handled the situation. As the story goes on, we see why she acted as she did and understand it a bit more. Yes, as a character I lost that connection to her through it, but by the end of the story I was back to liking her. I guess I had a bit of a rollercoaster relationship with Victoria.As a whole, it was a good story and I really enjoyed the author's writing style. I think my loss of connection in the book was a personal issue for me and my expectation for the character. I will definitely read book 2 in this series, a Sweet Affair, which is Sage and Connor's story. I really enjoyed reading about the two in this story, so I know that I'll like their book.