Review: Surprisingly BORING
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
I hate to say it, but this story was as boring as its cover.  Everything was told and not shown and the reader felt not emotion or feelings because of it. The conversations consisted of daily chores or niceties and NOTHING happened.  The main character, Jake is a famous, gorgeous hockey player for Pete’s sake, but he is not a bad boy and there is no reason that he would not already be married at 33 years old. He’s a good guy from a good family. When he parties, he gets drunk but doesn’t fool around, and he is on vacation for two months with no girl visitors or flirting with local women of any kind.  I am sure there are famous athletes out there that could behave like that, but they are married.  Anyway, the idea of the story was good, the execution needs a lot of help.Britney is a beautiful girl that was kidnapped by a serial killer when she was in her late teens and barely got away, killing him in the process.  Britney changed her identity and hid behind hideous clothing and big glasses to keep other men at bay.  She had a great job working as the secretary for the Blades’ president Ian and was known as The Ice Queen because of her stand-offish behavior.  Ian coerced Britney into becoming Jake McCoy’s personal secretary for 8 weeks in an attempt to get Jake to resign his contract with the Blades.  Britney’s hang-ups with men and cabins (the killer took her to a cabin to rape her) terrified her, but she owed Ian for the job and friendship and agreed to go.  After spending time with Jake, Britney started to have feelings she didn’t believe she would ever feel again and surprisingly, sleeps with him rather quickly.  She goes from a girl hiding behind large clothes to slinking around in small bathing suits.Reading over this, I have really made it sound more interesting than it was.  See, it is a good idea, but all of it is narrated and there is no drama (except for the prologue when she is fleeing her captor).  Jake finds out her story, sleeps with her, nothing is said in the morning about their relationship, they go to an auction (boringly descriptive there) and have lunch.  YAWN!!!  No witty banter, no funny stories, nothing out of the ordinary – just two people getting to know each other and making plans.  Not really story material.Overall, it’s a cute, sweet, predictable story with no drama or exciting themes that would make it memorable.  There are a few descriptive sex scenes, but no profanity that I can remember.Would I/Did I buy it? Free DownloadWould I read it again? NoWould I recommend it to friends? Sure, more suited for YA?