Review: started so good and then fell flat
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
A perfectly good slow build the author was going for was kinda ruined for me by the SUDDEN NEED TO KISS OUT OF NOWHERW(tm) so popular in this genre, and it was such a pity, I was perfectly happy with the pace that was being set before… as result, the story ended up feeling somewhat rushed after the middle mark.The first half was very well written, with things happening in order and a good (if a bit slow) pace, but for some reason after the kiss stuff started happening ‘off screen’ (SPOILERS *the deal with Reece* SPOILERS) and it made difficult to know how much time had happened in between chapters or even when exactly had our heroes had time to go through with this stuff. The reactions from the heroine, while understandable, seem to disagree with the way she was portrayed at the start of the story.She seemed like a sensible, coherent person, so I don’t see why she suddenly decides the things she does (*MORE SPOILERS* Having a daughter somehow stops him from having a wife… how? So she needs to leave…why? she doens't seem to have a problem with that later so...*END SPOILERS*). I also liked the mother’s character up until she went and messed up things. I seriously think that she could at least have warned the heroine of what she’d find before sending her off, if her master plan was cooperation from her, not have her fleeing.The enemy's reasons are somewhat plausible, but his actions aren't, just more of the "for the evulz" type of character, the more we learned about him the sillier and more cartoon like he seemed...I may come out too harsh on this book, but I truly enjoyed and thought the first half to be good, the way it just collapsed down immediately after the middle mark really took what little pleasure I may have had left of it.