Review: Fell short for me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2011
Reviewed by JenReview copy provided by authorFrom the blurb, The Scent of Jade sounded like a sexy romantic adventure.  Unfortunately it fell flat for me.  While the premise was intriguing, as the story went along, all the situations that Julie found herself in... well, each one seemed more ridiculous than the last.  I'm pretty sure that the story was supposed to be funny, but more often than not I was shaking my head and wondering how much worse this could get.  And then I found the climax, well, anticlimactic.But I think what really made this book a bust for me was that I honestly didn't care for any of the characters.  Well, I take that back; the monkey was funny.  But the rest of the cast... I couldn't seem to connect with any of them.  In particular, I didn't enjoy being in Julie's head throughout the story.  She whined a lot, was self-centered and I didn't see any "real" growth in her character.  But what it all boils down to is that I didn't like her and for me to enjoy a book, I need like and care about the main characters.It appears that the reviewers on Amazon disagree with me, but I just didn't really enjoy this read.