Review: Started too slow
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2012
This book really seemed to take a while to get started.  That isn't a bad thing, if the reader is being given some background or character information, but that didn't seem to be the case.  The second 2/3rds to half of the book moved faster and that was where I really started finding out about the main and supporting characters.  I actually found the first 3rd boring.I liked the storyline better then the main characters. I know Jayne's oddities are explained by her life experience, but some parts just didn't ring true. The fact that no one--including Gus who had known her pretty much from right after the tragedy--knew anything about what happened to her family was weird.  None of Luke's quirks or background was ever given any back story.  From what I could tell his own family must have been killed in a tornado because there was no talk of him beyond his marriage to the crazy but rich Caroline.The supporting characters, especially Paulette & Gus, may have been a bit over done.  It took a bit for me to get that Gus was gay, but all of a sudden he was in your face Diva gay which came out of no where.  He was funny when he was over the top, I liked his character, but because he started out more subtle it seemed weird.Overall, I enjoyed the storyline and would read this author again.  She has a funny, quirky style and this was well written without distracting editing misses.  Just wish it would have started the way it finished.