Review: Surprise, thrill and every twist and turn imaginable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
The surprise, thrill and every twist and turn imaginable offered by a competition based reality TV show hits my eReader once again.I was so excited about getting my ARC that the full impact of the book’s title didn’t hit until I was a few chapters in. The basic premise of the plot is still the same as the rest of the series, it’s a romance novel in a reality TV setting where the main characters are participants in the show’s competition. But the intricacies of this particular book were a bit difficult for me to adjust to. I won’t reveal them because it will diminish the shock factor, because my brows hit my hairline in a big “So…I didn’t see that coming” kind of way.Annabelle is given a chance to return to Survival Island, but after getting her pride, ego and heart wounded from the last time she appeared on the show, she’s hesitant. But she accepts knowing this time around it’ll be different, she’ll be different. The economic incentive isn’t a bad either.I tend to have a difficult time with heroines that are weak, indecisive and gullible. And gullible was practically Annabelle’s middle name. But throughout the book she tested herself and came out better, stronger person which I totally took to.And Jendan, sweet perpetually stuck in the friend zone Jendan, was also not my typical hero material. But he’s not just nice, he’s good and trustworthy, and hot. He saw Annabelle’s true character and won big by getting the girl.If I’ve been loath to be entertained by this genre of television programming the past decade, it’s certainly not the case with Jessica Clare’s series. Which I find sexy, cute, fast paced, exciting and original.