Review: Disagreement, misunderstanding, sex, repeat: the book until the very ending is this same pattern
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
Bri is a product of the foster service - not abused, but she feels as though security is never a permanent thing. She believes that things she loves will be taken away - so she has built a bit of a wall around herself. She has moved to a very small gossipy town and is working as the local librarian. She likes this small town that may be able to offer her the family she never had, and the security she craves.Ryan is a local and has returned home for a short break from his job as a paratrooper. They are set up on a blind date by Ryan's older brother and friend of Bri's.The book starts off cute - they bicker and misunderstand each others body language and comments. But then it gets old.They have hot passionate sex, then she pulls away, they misunderstand each other, say things that are a bit hurtful. Then they have sex again, she pulls away, they misunderstand each other, say things that are a bit hurtful...repeat.Bri's constant pulling away and throwing out barbs at Ryan. Then Ryan throwing out barbs at her. Then having mad monkey sex.It was a bit annoying. When they got along - it was very sweet. But it didn't happen until the very end of the book. By then I was wondering if they really should be together at all!They get their HEA with no cliffhanger.But by then, I really wasn't very vested in the characters.If they could have stopped their pulling away and bickering earlier in the book - it may have been more interesting to read about them. But I kept wondering, if they are having such a hard time understanding each other and it's about 75% of the way into the book, then what chance do they have as a couple?Didn't really care deeply about either character.Plot was only so-so. Just writing about how they bicker, have sex, then try to find out more about each other - leading to more bickering, pulling away, sex....Just wasn't weighty enough for a full book. Really wanted to love it after the fist chapter, but just felt repetitive and superficial.