Review: didn't spark for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2011
It's hard to critique this book,  because there is nothing really wrong with it - no glaring TSTL moments,  the characters were coherent and realistic, the situations made sense (well the end was a bit rosy,  but it's a romance...)  But I didn't fall in love with either of them.  Was it not romantic enough for me? It somehow lacked intensity or depth for me.  It just didn't spark to life.  I love books about gay military men.  But if you compare this toDriftwoodwhich I just loved (even though the ending was OTT) or evenMaritime Menit's nowhere near as good.I read it,  but not ravenously,  I don't know if I will go back and visit it any time soon,  but there is nothing awful here,  it's not badly written,  it just felt a little boring to me.Edited to add that I reread this in December 2012 and I keep having the same feeling - this is a perfectly adequate romance with some depth and throught given to the characters but I feel no real interest in their relationship or want to spend more time with them,  and I can't quite put my finger on why,  but perhaps it just feels too ordinary to me.