Review: STRONG FOUNDATION WITH FOUR MIXED UP LOVERS,SNOWBOUND TOGETHER....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2013
Million Dollar Mistake has a strong foundation.  Four mixed up lovers, snowbound together.  It has all the makings of a taut, exciting ride to a satisfying conclusion.  Raven and Nicholas want each other, but don't.  Jackson doesn't know what he wants and Lorianne knows exactly what she wants.  After the musical chairs of who is leading who on and who is trying to make whom jealous, they do get it sorted.  But getting it sorted takes a very long and very exhausting route.Therein lies the problem.  Not one of them seemed to know the person they supposedly wanted or the person they loved.  In the end, Raven and Nicholas may be together; but the sense that either knows the other any better or even loves the other seems to be missing, despite the grand gestures.  What should have been a taut and rather suspenseful novel felt tedious as the musical chairs of "make so-and-so jealous" raged on, despite everyone including the reader knowing which couples would come out of the mix.Raven, Lorianne, and Nana were the bright spots in it all.  Nana was so well drawn that she was the most intriguing character.  Lorianne, backbone of steel and soft-spoken, offered a glimpse of someone reaching toward her own HEA (and someone who deserves her own book).  Raven, not drawn perfectly, but well enough to be a deeply sympathetic character, is someone I feel got shortchanged in all this.  I'd really like to see this as the start of a series on Raven and Nicholas because I feel that their relationship has not yet reached its conclusion.  But, I do want to see it get there and I know that it could.Ultimately, Million Dollar Mistake is not perfect, but certain characters definitely pull you back and clamor for more time and a story of their own.RATING: 3REVIEWED BY: Monique Neaves,My Book Addiction and More/My Book Addiction Reviews