Review: Upped the Depth But Too Jarring
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2014
Being an avid reader only means I read a lot.  One if the ways I judge a book's effectiveness is its hold on me; do I think of the characters outside of when I read about them?  Do I recall conversations they've had and peel the layers from them?  This is just one (okay, one and a half) way I determine if a book is engaging.There were two separate times I put down the book and read others before I picked it back up to finish it.I loved that Ms. Mailer upped the emotional depth in Venice making their bond all the more important, and definitely ripe for a calamity.  But I was, frankly, tired of the errors, the grammatical gaffes, and the constant unanswered questions.Johnthen isn't That God-like that he shouldn't deign to explain more about his past.  And the independent Jana seems to lose herself occasionally as the book progresses.Having said this, I intend to read the third book--just bought it in fact--because I really want to see how the HEA comes about.