Review: Didn't really gel for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
Normally I don't read books featuring military characters, but for the past few weeks I've been glomming as many military heroes as I can from Entangled Publishing authors. The chance to review Her Summer with the Marine landed in my email, and naturally I leapt at the chance.What I liked:Ellie and Finn have been competitors since high school, and their frenemy situation is actually kind of cute. I can definitely see how it would evolve into more.I loved the secondary characters. Ashley, BB (I didn't want to like her, but couldn't help myself), Dan, Jason, the Dinner Belles, LuAnn...they all took on a life of their own.What I didn't like:For some reason, it wasn't as easy for me to get into this book as it has been for all the other Entangled military hero books I've been devouring lately.The relationship between Ellie and Finn began in high school, when she gave him her virginity the night before a big calculus exam and then he took BB to some guy's graduation party. This caused Ellie to think Finn used her when in reality he didn't want to have real feelings for anyone because of the crappy relationship his parents had.Based on everything from their past and everything that Ellie was going through (her dad's illness, their competing businesses, etc), I had to wonder why on earth she'd get involved with Finn in the first place. Especially given how she felt about him from their high school encounter. It just didn't gel with me. Sure, the eventual relationship was cute and I liked seeing them fight like cats and dogs and end up having super hot sex, but I couldn't really see why the lust was there to begin with.