Review: Great story line from a new author!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
I'm sitting in the middle of the road with this book. While I didn't love it, I didn't hate it either.I liked the story and the real life issues it dealt with. For a debut novel the author nailed the ending.  I thought it was perfect. Not enough to be a killer cliffy but enough to make you want to read book 2 to find out where the story goes.I had some trouble with the characters and the way they were written especially Brian & Jennifer. Brian - I was so tired of reading about all the ways he screwed his life up. It was like a broken record, doing the same s*** over and over again. I didn't find his anger believable; to me it just seemed to manifest out of nowhere. Jennifer - She was a strong independent woman...then she wasn't. Huh, what happened there? Did she completely change who she is when she fell blindly in love, completely overlooking things about Brian that she should have taken more notice of?I had trouble getting through the first half of the book because of the character issues and the writing style.  It seemed to flow a lot better after I hit about the midway point like the author finally found her stride.I’ll probably get the 2nd book because I would like to see where the author takes the characters and story.  Does Jennifer leave Brian for good, does Todd step up and be the man that Brian should have been?I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more from Amy Stephens to see what other good stories she has up her sleeve. 3.5 stars rounded to 4.Free copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.