Review: Not gonna light many fires
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
CrashedEmily was crassly dumped by Jared at a particularly low point in her life for no apparent reason.  After a car crash her rescuing fireman Avery seems to find her particularly attractive.The concussion/partial amnesia is kind of cliché but is uplifted by re-entry of former beau she quasi recalls and is vaguely repelled by without being sure why. The growing love affair is believable and sexy hot while some character interactions seem just tossed on like raisin’s on oatmeal they are so clumsy and quirkily contrived. The secondary plot of stalking is just junk thrown in to distract and not really relevant ultimately as it only really emerges late in the book.A pet peeve of mine is using ‘find and replace’ to upgrade dialog and this one is a doozy; any time something is diminutive it is described as petite…her apartment, her size, her flip flops, her dimples! Doesn't anyone ever proofread their work? Catch phrases get reused too often, sometimes in following sentences, and break the reader's flow of consciousness.The writing style is a bit over-the-top with adjectives and the short choppy sentences seem awkward in the general pattern of the narrative. This is just lazy workmanship.I skipped through this quickly as it was almost boring, in fact it reminds me of the style of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s House of the Seven Gables.I do not care for this writer’s style and wouldn't recommend spending your money on  this book.