Review: Chore to read
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2013
I couldn't bring myself to finish this book and believe me I tried.  My first attempt I literally skimmed through the book to get to the end.  My second attempt I finally gave up halfway through.  The author's writing style is to give a blow-by-blow account of EVERYTHING that happened, was said, or was thought, so for me, the story was much longer than it should have been. Catherine was portrayed as having a fear of her husband, but nothing I read indicated that he was in any way abusive towards her. Distant, yes.  Withholding of affection, definitely. Lacking manners, of course. But never abusive.  I couldn't get a handle on Adam especially when his lust overtook him (I literally grimaced reading some of his scenes, and I'm no prude).  Speaking of which, the few sex scenes I read left plenty to be desired.  The only reaction I felt reading them was the need to roll my eyes.  Perhaps this was the wrong first choice for this author but I'm unfortunately not inspired to read any more of her work, and this book will most probably be deleted from my library.