Review: Completely Surprised--Worth the Money
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
I honestly hesitated to buy this book because of the price and the fact that the author has only published 2 books, according to Amazon (I may be mistaken). It didn't make sense that she could sell a book for $5.99 without having a fan base, but I'm definitely glad I spent the money.The storyline was refreshing, as refreshing as an MC book can be, but the author really took a completely different spin with this one. I don't want to give away much detail, so I'll try to be as precisely vague as possible. ;)  The main characters, Iris and Dex, thankfully did not have a "our eyes met and we knew" type of relationship. It was a slow build, which allowed us readers to actually get to know the characters individually, as well as to become well acquainted with the secondary characters. I was definitely impressed with the secondary characters, as well as the plot line.Because of the higher price, I was waiting for disappointment to set in, which made me very critical of the plot. There were many moments where I thought, "This is it, where she becomes cliche...I can feel it coming," but every single time, the author proved me wrong. There were so many opportunities where the author could have used the same situations every other author uses, such as the damsel in distress in an alley needing to be saved by a creepy stranger who the main character instantly falls in love with, but none of the cliches ever happened! FINALLY!!! It's hard to find original authors, much less, authors who create outstanding characters.The only reason I'm giving 4 stars and not 5 is because if the editing. There were many typos that I had to read over multiple times to find the actual meaning. Sometimes pronouns were mixed up, but it didn't bother me enough to hate the story, the story definitely trumps all typos.I definitely recommend this one. Don't think many people could be disappointed with this book.