Review: Disappointing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
Reviewed by DanielleBook provided by the publisher for reviewReview originally posted at Romancing the BookInto the Fire is a contemporary romance novella that fails to engage its readers and unfortunately contains numerous flaws preventing it from becoming a worthwhile read.The main issue with the novella is that almost the entire cast of characters are very two-dimensional and lack any traits that make them stand out in any way. The only character that stands out in the novella is the main male character, Luke, who tends to irritate readers with his thoughtless actions and arrogant personality.Into the Fire clearly attempts to be a romance; however the ‘relationship’ between the main characters seems to be lacking any real feelings and the actions of the characters throughout the novella suggest that resurrecting their failed relationship would be a mistake. This leaves the readers rooting for the characters to remain apart instead of hoping that they will reunite.The plot tended to solely consist to moments of heated sexual tension between the two main characters; the actual show that the characters are reunited on to compete against each other in a cook off seemed to be treated as irrelevant to the plot despite early significance of it. Furthermore, the few issues that were required to be resolved in the novella seemed to be solved too quickly and too neatly without taking notice of other important factors.Overall, Into the Fire was a disappointing contemporary romance novella.