Review: Falls short of its potential...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
I didn't hate In Your Arms but it wasn't Becky Andrew's best work either.  She  could have done so much more with this story but it just fell flat.  The plot of the story was good.  It was just the execution that was lacking. The characters were pretty shallows pools, many of  them didn't really get any closure and  a couple of them even seemed extraneous.  I spent a good portion of the novel thinking Michael was either an undercover cop or a drug dealer but no, he was just  a poorly developed character who used to be home schooled.  The dialogue was stiff and the narrative wasn't very smooth either.  Which is weird because I have read two other books by the author and they both had much better writing.  The end also was too brief.  One more chapter or an epilogue to wind the story down and give a little closure would have been nice.  Overall I'm not sorry I read it because  the concept was good and I wanted to like the book enough to overlook it's shortcomings.  However, it certainly didn't live up to its potential.  Better character development and a good editor willing to give some constructive  feedback would have done wonders for this book.