Review: Great Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
In spite of several things I had issues with, I truly enjoyed this story, and I didn't want it to end when it did. I'd like to see a follow-up, and hope it will come soon after the second book in the series, which takes up another couple of characters that were introduced and developed in this one.What I had issues with...there was too much repetition of scenes. I get what the author was doing, looking at the same action from two different points of view, but a hint is enough. Since this is a first novel, I would expect to see improvement in the writing as she goes on. Secondly, I thought Victoria gave in too quickly sometimes. Maybe if her attraction to Leland had been more emphasized, it wouldn't have felt abrupt to me. In spite of this, I found myself urging her to just accept what he gave her and get on with it. The steamy scenes were great!Finally, there were more editing issues than I usually excuse. It seemed that the last half of the book hadn't been properly edited at all. It's a shame for a good story to be marred by insufficient editing and proofreading. That said, for me, if I can get past the errors enough to engage with the book, I'll read and appreciate it anyway. And in this case, I did. The story is good enough to carry a few errors. I'll be looking forward to the next book.