Review: Nice read but could have been better.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
I received a complimentary copy of the book for an honest review.p***I try to make my reviews spoiler-free but this one may have little hints or mini spoilers about certain parts of the book****I really liked how they met and how it seemed like one of those scenes out of a movie. I think it was a sweet and magical moment.Colt is an Army Ranger and for such a tough guy he's such a soft-hearted and caring person. His courting of Sarah was really sweet and he always put her needs first, without ever trying to rush her at any time.Sarah's had a tough life but a somewhat happy one. She grew up with a foster family with her being the only daughter and her parents being quite and older couple. She lived a pretty regular life but for some reason was not able to have many friends or participate in any kind of extracurricular or club activities within her school nor appear in any of her yearbooks because her foster parents forbid her to. She managed to get some kind of independence when she gets a job as a data clerk at sixteen and keeps that job for more than ten years as a mean of support, and after her parents passing. You could say her life was pretty dreary, doing the same things over and over again for most of her life. I think the moment Colt entered her life they both had a personality that complemented each other well.There were some things that Colt did that I didn't agree to because it was a sensitive theme for Sarah and their relationship was barely starting for his actions, though I understood that he did it out of love and care for her despite being an impulsive decision.I really enjoyed the first half of the book but I found the second part to be quite messy. Throughout the book the change of POV is so quick that sometimes you can't really tell who's talking and by the second half it gets really confusing.There are parts of the story which I think could have been better because they were just taking unnecessary space as well as there were some parts of the dialogue that needed some work, specifically on the antagonists' part. For example, somehow it was tiring how Colt had to constantly tell Sarah and reassured that he loved her, I know her struggles and the issues with her trust but I just didn't understand her and sometimes she was kind of confusing. And the antagonists' dialogues didn't really flow with the rest of the story and I felt they didn't really trasmitted their ideas or motives to the reader. They felt weird to me and the timing was off at times or there was no formal interruption before their dialogues were introduced.Truthfully, I think after the revelation regarding Sarah everything got messier with the story and I felt the chapters either needed a little bit of work or there were more chapters than necessary. At times everything felt rushed and then came a time in which everything calmed down, but for the most part it was hasty. Also, I felt that there was something missing with the story like the motives behind the criminals actions which I think needed more depth than was offered.The ending was somewhat rushed but nice.Overall it is an enjoyable book but felt like it had the potential to be better.score: 3.5 stars