Review: A Book Full of Convenient Plot Developments
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2012
Wounded Heart has potential but there were some issues with plot and overly simplified characters that caused this to be a three star.  I am assuming that the story was to be steeped in reality, therefore it made it hard to swallow some of the plot elements that made up the story. I finished the book because it was quick, easy, and mildly entertaining. What bothered me was the string of convenient plot developments that left me with moments...of..."really?... this is how the story is going to play out?"Charity is an abused woman who just left her husband, returning to her hometown and her cop family. It seems that everyone is a cop...the love interest (Josh), her brother (Brian), her father, and Josh's father- interesting.  Charity conveniently gets paired up with Josh in order to investigate a string of homicides...***Unfortunately I cannot write this review without HUGE SPOILERS***Convenient and Unrealistic Plot developments:1. Brian is in love with a drug addicted prostitute and everyone is okay with that.  In fact Candy the prostitute will later join the police academy even with past arrests.  2. Charity left an abusive relationship just 6 months ago and she EASILY overcomes her reservations and strikes up a romance with Josh.  I am sorry but even if you have always loved him...it should not be that easy to hop into the sack.  He did not have to work for it at all. 3. Josh is a ladies man and BARELY wrestles with the idea of being in love with Charity and wants to marry her instantly.  4. Charity is now all of a sudden psychic- right in the middle of the book. 5. Charity hid being a psychic for YEARS but now all of a sudden hey I am ashamed but now that I told Josh let's just go ahead and tell everyone.  6.  The villain was so obvious that I kept saying...no the author would not do that... and she did (I will not spoil who the murderer is...but most likely you will have an inkling.) 7. Every predominate female character gets conveniently pregnant.Okay no more spoilers... I found that the characters were lacking in emotive and believable dialogue.  Even though there were conflicts, they were resolved instantaneously and everyone was just happy...in fact the story was all nice and wrapped up in a neat bow.