Review: Short and sweet but not too memorable!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
I'm so conflicted about this book.  On one hand I enjoyed it, but one the other hand I felt like it was just too short to feel a connection to the story or the readers.  Unless we're talking about a novella, I usually tend to stay away from short books because of this problem.  I don't think Goodreads or Amazon had page count information when I bought it (or else I don't think I would have read it).  Overall, I don't regret reading Drawing the Line.  I read it in less than 2 hours and it was a nice quick read, but sadly it wasn't very memorable.I've always been a sucker for stories where the guy protects the girl from bad guys.  (Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie is one of my favorites).  This is what originally made me pick this book.  The fact that the guy's name was Jason Morgan sealed the deal for me.  (I used to be a HUGE General Hospital fan, before it started sucking last year).  The book starts out great.  Serenity's diner is robbed and the guy that did it happens to be a dangerous killer who got away.  The cops have been after him for years.  Jason happens to be the cop in charge of this case.  He also eats at the diner every week and admires Serenity from a distance.  For her own safety, Jason must take Serenity to a secluded farmhouse and keep her safe until they catch the bad guy.  They also have to try to keep their hands off each other.As I mentioned, my main problem was that the story was too rushed.  Jason and Serenity go from kissing to days passing (which we don't get to read about), then they act like strangers in the farmhouse and they start talking again.  He goes from teaching her self defense moves to getting it on.  Then a few more weeks pass (which we still don't get to read about).  Serenity's life is in danger, she makes him food, yada-yada-yada, they have more sex, she makes him food, yada-yada-yada, then bad guy is caught and they live happily ever after.  The sad thing about this is that the story had SO MUCH potential!  If the author would have taken the time to let story and the characters develop properly, this could have been one heck of a book!If you enjoy short books that you can escape in a few hours, this book would be perfect.  Sadly that's just not my thing...I don't even know what to rate this book.  I didn't hate it but I didn't love it.  I did enjoy it even if it was really short.Favorite quotes from Drawing the Line:-It was not his job to press up and slant his mouth over hers in one hot stroke.But he did it anyway.-He wanted Serenity bad enough to break the rules.