Review: Okay Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
This was my first time reading this author and will probably be my last. The story is okay, but it could have been so much better. It was flat. I grew up, born and reared in Louisiana, and we do have more than the one word "heck" in our language. In fact, I know very few people who even use the word, especially all the time. There was no bayou talk or Louisiana talk other than the author trying to make people sound like stereotypes. The story was flat and dull as far as the romance. There is nothing romantic about someone settling their lips on you. The plot worked, but it had so much potential and could have been so much better. There were mistakes not expected from a traditional published USA best-selling author. Words were left out and used wrong. Some of the phrases didn't make sense with missing words. I don't know how to explain it, but for some reason even when things happened like the murder, it was like they just happened but the tension was missing. Some things did not make sense and there was repetition. I bought this book because I saw it was set in Louisiana, my home state, so I really looked forward to reading it and ended up disappointed. With a rewrite, the book could be improved. The word "heck" is used so many times like people who live in Louisiana don't know any other word. There was no vivid description of Louisiana either. Though the bayou was talked about, no descriptions to make it come alive. The titles for each chapter were not necessary and seemed silly. I got confused while reading and had to backtrack to understand who the POV character was at times. Instead of chapter titles, putting the POV character's name on each chapter might have helped since the book was written as it was in multiple viewpoints and transitions  were not well done. If not for liking the story, I could not have given it a three, and I don't even bother to review books unless I can give them a three usually since it's very rare that any book deserves a 1 or 2. The author had a good idea and a good plot, but it didn't come alive for me.