Review: Five Days ...Grace?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2012
This book was read as an Advance Reading Copy (ARC) provided for free by the publisher and NetGalley.comBook: Five Days Grace (The McRae's series #4)Author: Teresa HillRating: M (mature reading audiences)Bookshelves: 2012, Afghanistan, fiction, infidelity, Ohio, mistaken identity, romance, war veteran, wounded warrior,Media Type: eBook (read on Bluefire app on iPhone)Setting: OhioCharacters: Aidan Shaw, Grace McRaeSynopsis: Grace is escaping the memory of her husband. She was supposed to be headed to visit her inlaws for the first time since her husband's death months prior but she just couldn't bring herself to show up. And not because she was devastated over his death. She loved her husband, but the fool had been cheating on her with someone from the University at which he taught. Grace decided to high tail it to the McRae's family cabin on a remote lake. But when she gets there, she has to deal with an intruder.All wounded Naval Intelligence Officer Aidan Shaw wanted was a quiet place to convalesce after his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan and all his crew killed. Mentally and emotionally scared, Aidan is instructed by his commanding officer to lay low while he recuperates because there is also someone after him.In walks Grace to the secluded cabin and scares the pant of Aidan who draws a weapon on her until he realizes that he is the little sister of the friend who loaned him the cabin. What will happen with these two strong personalities in the same cabin for a weekend?Review: I was hoping for a miracle with this book. I really, really wanted to like it. But, unfortunately, the story line, plot, and characters all fell flat for me. Everything felt one dimensional and didn't even come close to pulling me in. I, even, put the book down for about a week and came back and read it because I knew I just had to finish it. But it was painful! Even one of the more exciting parts of the plot (the fact that Aidan is in hiding because there is someone after him) crumbled when Aidan's commanding officer just says something like ... oh, don't worry. We figured out it was a kid. You can come back now.I don't know that I would recommend this book to anyone else to read.In my opinion, this book gets:2 out of 5 stars.