Review: Ticked a few sore spots for me, but series has potential
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
The PremiseThe first in a new NA series by Ms. Wolff focuses on Z Michaels - he’s the bad boy snowboarder of Park City, Utah.  He’s a daredevil taking crazy risks to camouflage the emotional pain he’s endured for much of his life.  When he meets Ophelia Richardson, he’s instantly intrigued with her, and he realizes she’s unlike any girl he’s ever known.  Ophelia’s newly transplanted to Park City from New Orleans, where she escaped the memories of being severely injured in a drag racing accident that killed her boyfriend.  Ophelia is desperate to heal her physical and emotional wounds.  She is instantly attracted to Z, but his recklessness reminds her too much of her old boyfriend and she’s afraid to risk her heart again.The Good-Snowboarding world as the background to your typical NA angst was new to me.-The first chapter hooked me and I enjoyed their first meet and the chemistry between the characters is believable.-Writing and editing is good and while I haven’t read anything by Ms. Wolff before, I liked the flow of her writing.  I suspect my lack of love for the H/h, and perhaps NA in general, really influenced my enjoyment.-I liked the secondary characters, in particular Z’s friends and I wouldn’t mind reading their own individual stories.The Bad-Sadly, I liked Z’s friends more than I liked Ophelia.  Ophelia’s selfishness irritated me. Most NA heroines tend to turn me off because they’re written as pretty young and selfish, and unaware of their actions, and Ophelia is as stereotypical as you can get. The big moment, after they’ve chosen to try a relationship? Ruined for me because she was so self-involved she walked away, and needed someone to come along and basically pimp-slap her upside the head to think about the boy she supposedly loves.-Generic. The angst is nothing I haven’t read before and the characters didn’t stand out enough to make me forget the formula.-Cliffhanger type ending was not my fave, although there was a HFN for the heroine, and the next books focuses on Z's friend, so that's not so bad for me.The Bottom LineThis ticked a couple of my irritation boxes (selfish heroine, NA immaturity, cliffhanger) so I will admit that this may work for someone else, just not that much for me. BUT I would give this series another chance because I did like the secondary characters who seem to be destined to getting their own books.