Review: Way too long and repetitive
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
Too much of this 400 page book (!)was the same scene repeated over and over- Kathryn realizing that no man would ever compare with Ben. I kept wondering why she didn't get a counselor and deal with her sadness. She kept saying she wasn't ready to get over Ben...as if there's a magical point at which one wakes up from grief and says, 'I'm ready for a new love now!'The ending was predictable. Aside from Luke and Jace, most of the other characters were flat. For example, I never 'got' why the character of Allie was even written into the book; she served no useful purpose in advancing the story. The author included an afternote in which she excused the errors in the book, saying she was her own editor. Being one's own editor is a mistake. There were many errors of spelling (there for they're) and punctuation (Ben's family is consistently referred to as the Bradley's). The author should have quit writing after about 275 pages, and spent the rest of the time proofreading her work.