Review: A great simple and sweet love story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
McMillian's writing style is detailed and vivid enough so the reader can connect with the story and feel the character's emotions but her dialogues sound most of the time too detached and aloof. When Jason talks with Hannah about their first sex together, there aren’t any emotions. Sure, Jason is experienced but he could sound more empathetic. Apart from that the dialogue about Hannah's meeting with Jason's jealous female friend is heartbreaking and his amendments to win her back heart melting. At the end of the story I became hooked on the story and Hannah's and Jason's relationship.The story is written in a third-person, authorial narrative. The narrator is omniscient and interferes, comments and assesses the story and the character's actions. It is a really difficult narration and I'm always impressed with authors who dare to choice that point of view. In my opinion it is a fine line because third-person narratives are distance and less emotional by nature and first-person perspectives are easier to write and to connect with. But McMillian manages to walk that fine line and at the end of the story, at the highest point of McMillian's arc of suspense, I connected with her characters and felt Hannah's emotions.The story is a classical one with one storyline. Two people from different social classes meet, spend some time, fall in love and have to face the differences of their upbringings but it is a simple and nice story. I really liked it. Jason's alpha insinuations are exciting and Hannah handles them very well. The balance of Jason's dominant behavior and Hannah's strong and independent personality make a sweet love story and a great reading.