Review: Never Connected...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
I just didn't ever really connect with the characters or the story in a meaningful way.I liked Clementine. She had made some decisions guided by her youthful inexperience when she was younger, but was willing to grow from them. I was will willing to like Donovan, but then he pulled that classic makes-me-eye-squint-with-irritation move. You know, the one where the guy wants to forgo the condom and when the girl protests, he makes it out like she should just trust him more and everything will be fine? Yeah. That move. Luckily our heroine doesn't fall for his nonsense, but from that point on, I just flat out didn't like him.Their story never had enough tension in it to keep me interested in the outcome. The sudden inclusion of rom-suspense elements near the end (which had the most anti-climactic resolution I have ever read, though not necessarily in a bad way since it kind of broke the mold in not involving the heroine being kidnapped, etc.) made me feel like maybe this was something the author had picked up on to, so she had added that side story to create some tension. Unfortunately, I just never felt it.Copy courtesy of Ranae Rose, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.