Review: For the price, it might be 3 stars
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
This book had some good elements, but there were a few issues. First, the positive, there were few glaring grammar issues, which is rare for self published books. Also, spencer complemented Sophie well and I thought he made a great love interest.Now for the bad. I wasn't sure after reading the synopsis whether this was a fantasy novel or not, and it reads like the author didn't know either. For the record, it isn't. This makes scenes with the overly literal Suzy bizarre. Why does she start talking about what aliens really do? Also, some of the scenes between spencer and sophie seem like they are trying to hint at something: unrealistic touches in the kissing scenes, his tattoos. It's possible that I misread the text, but it felt like remnants of discarded storylines.Secondly, the story really drags. There are only so many times I can read about Sophie reacting badly and running into Spencer's arms crying after someone came after her. It became tedious to read, and I had to force myself through the middle.The last point that got to me was the stalker doesn't make sense. Given everything we know it would have been impossible for him to do all that. I don't want to give away the ending, so I can't fully delve into why his timeline doesn't work, but the author has made him an omnipresent character.