Review: It Seems All Honest Less Than 5 Star reviews Are Mysteriously Being Voted Down
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
Well, I think I have a case where the premise outstripped the author's ability to deliver.The main plotline (in spite of the title) is Matt wanting to try to spend time with Piper. A woman he met while slumming in Florida to research some business opportunities.The "blackmail" was a minor device that he used at the beginning to keep her close but all things considered he bordered on stalkerish IMHO. (NOTE: There were some things that Matt might have set up in the "blackmail" idea but the author decided not to clear those things up for the reader)This could have been a really great story but the story was rushed, Matt seemed to be a bit of a jerk while hiding any true feeling he might have, Piper did not do much better. I have read a lot of love/hate romances and this one fell a bit flat I think because it was not allowed to develop but was rushed, but all things aside it DID have a great ending and I enjoyed it. I think my rating might be a bit unfair because i am rating it against the book it COULD have been instead of the book it is in large part.Matt gets to play White Knight a couple of times which I always like, we are introduced to some secondary characters that are never fleshed out at all, any real romance was buried under sexual advances and just left me cold along with a real "Why did you say that?" feeling.I will stick by my 3 Stars for my own enjoyment (or lack thereof) but many readers might give it 4 Stars since it does have a good sappy ending (which I also liked), so you might want to give it a chance. Just be aware that it could have been a much better book than it was in reality.