Review: Over, period
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
I think the mystery part of this book is the only thing it had going for it, and it was just not as well developed as it could have been.  The main character, Jessica, was totally unlikeable, which I doubt was the author's intention.  Unbelievably immature and self-centered, she whines throughout the book about not being loved.  She dumps her current boyfriend because he cheated on her, then goes to visit her Aunt and runs into the former fiancé who ditched her five years previously.  Of course, she still has feelings for him!  The mystery/suspense angle was worked in briefly between her endless agonizing of should I or shouldn't I?  The boyfriend shows back up in her life, and In spite of her own hurt feelings of having been betrayed, it doesn't stop her from using him to get back at her former fiancé!  There's the typical formulaic misunderstanding which would not have happened if she didn't  so stubbornly refuse to even try to communicate, not to mention make assumptions that conveniently fed her self-pity.  Finally, when the author tried to convince us that Jessica was willing to selflessly sacrifice her own happiness because she couldn't bring herself to come between the old fiancé she loved and his new girlfriend, I for one, wasn't buying it.  The writing is amateurish, there's very little real character development and the suspense isn't very suspenseful and a ridiculous letdown in the end.  Two stars is generous, based on potential this author just couldn't pull off.