Review: This is 5 bucks?!?!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
Wow, I'm glad I didn't waste my money and found this free one day...It takes a lot for me to put a book in my DNF pile. If it weren't for my extreme stubbornness and willingness to give all books a shot, I would have put this in there.I didn't continue reading because I "could not put it down", it was more like "I just want to get it over with so I can review the book as a whole".Reasons I did not like this book:*hard to follow- the beginning chapter starts with "10 years ago", however only the first page ish takes place during that time. Then it jumps around past/present. I had to guess which was which.*jumps around A LOT- it jumps from describing a scene, to describing a character mid way through the scene, then back to current scene... etc*unrealistic character traits? - I don't know how else to describe it, and apologies in advance for any spoilers here.....main character, Marti/Kayla is mute due a horrible "accident" while kidnapped. Major trauma= major anxiets in certain situations right? Yeah, not so much apparently. She fears a lot, however the one thing she SHOULD fear, she doesn't. Why? Beats the heck out of me.*unrealistic situations: SPOILER ALERTdude has been in a coma for months and miraculously wakes up completely normal... never asked what happened to put him there, just business as usual...WHAT?!* confusing names- I seriously despise authors who chose way too similar names for characters, example: her brother's names are James and Jordan, who the author mixes up frequently, and the triplets names are Troy Tory and Toby... I don't want to have to make a damn spreadsheet to keep track of which character is which...*grammar- Oh madone, I seriously have issues with authors who don't take the time to take a fine tooth comb before they publish. ESPECIALLY self published authors. You don't have a deadline, you don't have an excuse when it comes to editing. Yeah, I know many don't have the ability to hire an editor, but as I've said before in my reviews- good reads is overflowing with people who would willingly read/ edit for you and offer suggestions.*stubborn/dumb heroines- now this is a personal reason for disliking certain books. In some cases, the heroine's stubborn nature as far as handling situations is completely justified and fits with the story. To me, this book didn't warrant it. She is an idiot, and clearly "conveniently forgets" why she has certain fears/phobias. "Oh, let's run through the woods at night while there's a crazy guy on the loose..." seriously....Okay, I know this was a long and slightly angry review, but I don't like beating around the bush. Whether I love or hate a book, I try and make sure to state the reasons.I can't say I hated everything about this book, there were a few things I enjoyed...*voice: well I guess it's a non voice seeing as the main character didn't have the ability to speak. It was different; I've only read one other book that has done this. I couldn't help but compare (this didn't hold a candle to other said book). But it was nice to see how she managed to interact.*suspense: maybe half way through, things started to get somewhat interesting as far as plot development. Crazy man on the loose who manages to go unnoticed for quite some time.*triplet manage'- that was different, never read anything like that before so it was a nice surprise I suppose.As I wrap this up I just want point out that I mean no offense to the author at all. I hope she takes this criticism and runs with it. Use this as a learning experience and know what you can do to make your next book better.