Review: Cute "we found love again" story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2013
To sum "Lucky Charm" up quickly, it's about a woman and a man who've had their fiance cheat on them and they find each other through their best friends' in Paris. They go through the loops of not wanting to jump back on the wagon so soon and then eventually, of course, ending up together.It's a classic romance with a light hearted feel despite the heavy topic of cheating and breakups. There is adult language but no love scenes, since it is a light hearted read. The ending wasn't too bad either. This is definitely a book for romance readers.However, I couldn't give it the four stars as I wanted. For starters, I was able to easily get into the story but then about 60-ish% into the book, I started to lose focus because it just felt to drag on a bit. There would've been no qualms on my behalf if the book was shorter and more direct. A plus, though, all the grammar errors were small and barely noticeable. A negative, some of the dialogue seemed unrealistic; and I think with a bit of punctuation tweaking, it wouldn't be so stiff.And then I was a bit confused by Stephen's character. In the beginning, he seemed like he was going to be a main character; but then Annabel goes to Paris and not a word is spoken about him. It wasn't until Etienne narrates that I know we were teased. But at least Ms Astor throws him in at the ending as if to say "oh yeah". Though it seemed random and a last minute detail, she at least gives an explanation of "what you could've had," so it made up for it. However, I wasn't able to shake off the feeling like this book was meant to take another route but Ms Astor had a change of heart.Overall, though, I did like this book. I got sucked in with the emotions of Annabel finding out about her cheating fiance, which that doesn't usually happen to me. It was the small details that, because I liked the book so much in the beginning, I couldn't shake off  that had me knock off stars. However, I still would like to read her books in the future.