Review: Good first effort!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
The author sent me this book in exchange for an honest review. This was a very entertaining read. I love the Cinderella type stories and this was a good one. I liked the pace, brisk and no time was spent in excessive description of places. I got a good feel for the characters of Caleb and Francesca since the story is told in both POV's.  Francesca has an inferiority complex due to her parents cruel treatment, so she feels like she's not enough for Caleb. That doesn't stop her from challenging him, therefore his fascination with her. I liked their chemistry and am intrigued by what will come in the next book. Caleb has some darkness that derives from his past and we suspect there may be some wrongdoing but no information was given. However, Father Paul vouches for him so he's not a criminal. I can't wait for the next book to find out.Now for the bad parts: this book needs some serious editing. The sentence structure was sometimes so bad that it was difficult to understand. Also some sentences ran on and on and lost meaning. Spelling was pretty good, with only a few typos. Some dialogues between Fran and her friend Cassie went into unnecessary detail and meaningless banter. There was a word that screeched at me, when they called the school principal as the "principle" <cringe>.  These details took some away from the story but it still was good and entertaining. For a first effort by this author, if she gets a good editor to correct it, the book will be outstanding.