Review: Pretty Good thriller
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2013
http://bookbutterflyreviews.blogspot.caPlot wise, I wasn't very impressed. It wasn't very original, but it had its moments, and thats what I lived for. The beginning was very similar to Obsidian (the first book of the Lux series by Jennifer Armentrout) with the obsessive type relationship of Twilight and had a stalker/ thriller aspect and ending very similar to Deadly Little Secret (first book of the Touch Series by Laurie Stolarz) all without the fantasy aspects of course. There you go. If you know those three books, you basically have the entire story without ever having to read it.However, I am a sucker for a good romance story. And if it has to be a non fantasy book, you have to give me a little suspense... and this book gave it to me in spades. Although I found that who the stalker was was a little obvious, I still waited in anticipation to see if I was correct. Meanwhile, what was happening between Spencer and Sophie kept my eyes very busy reading over each steamy line. I WISH my love life were like that!... well, without the whole stalker aspect... I can live without that.The character development, my biggest book pet peeve, was decent. It could have been deeper in certain places and I found that certain choices in the book were very unrealistic, but hey, I've never feared for my life due to a deranged stalker before. Who am I to judge?All of these things I could have overlooked though. Reading as much as I do I understand that I will probably find that very few books will be original, and unpredictable to the experienced eye. I know that some authors will make writing choices that I don't agree with and are unrealistic based on their style and THEIR choices. I could have read this book, with all the things that I found lacking, and still given it a A, maybe and A-, if it hadn't been for the ending. I hated the ending with a passion.Without giving too much away, a time frame of 3 months is put inside maybe 20-30 pages tops. There was SO much that the author could have done with that time, but she basically just skipped over it. I would have thought it was days if the dialogue hadn't told me differently. Especially because the author DRAGGED over certain parts of the story that COULD have been cut to a couple of pages, I was extremely disappointed with everything that happened in that time frame and on. And the actual ending was very abrupt. I turned the page and discovered that was it and I was so confused. No epilogue, no what happens afterword. Everything becomes okay again and BAM, book over.If you like stalker thrillers, and you like a good, intense love story, this is the book for you. If you are like me and love you fantasy novels, stick to those people, there are better books out there that are a better use of our time, but I am glad I had the chance to read this book.