Review: Underwhelming...Spoiler Alert!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
The first paragraph had a typo "now and days" - really? but I got past it and managed to read only to find more typos, grammatical errors, and the same typo again towards the end of the book.That aside, the characters were underwhelming, and so was the storyline. The author gave very little information on the main character that not only could I not connect with her, but I felt she was a bit of a loser, I didn't care much for her or him for that matter.  Sophie was a waitress with an unemployed mooch for a boyfriend neither of whom had any goals or aspirations. Don't get me wrong, I'm not putting waiting tables down in any way, I just think the lead h in a story should have some strength of character or aspirations she's striving for, and if she comes off as being weak, usually there's a background story explaining why.  Otherwise, why would I want to read about her?  There was nothing appealing about Sophie in this book so it was hard to understand why this guy wanted her to stay with him after he'd slept with her; it's not like they'd connected on any level whatsoever.Then there was just the unbelievable series of events. She leaves her life behind and stays in the Caribbean (not sure where because I guess the author couldn't pick a specific location) with a guy she's  known for two days, and to do what? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!  She knows nothing about him, not where he's from, not what he does for a living, not even his last name.  Then he whisks her to China for god-knows-how-long, where she discovers he's a drug dealer (yeah, didn't see that one coming - cuz bankers and attorneys are generally that secretive about their jobs too).  Anyway, she gets pregnant, convinces him to leave drug dealing behind, then they go into hiding - now we have two losers who do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!But what got me was towards the end when they're both doing a final drug-run for his old boss and she's tired, he offers her some coke - tells her she barely has the strength to keep going, and her response...."okay, okay".  WTF?  How many people who've never done drugs before, who are opposed drugs (given that she was mortified when she found out what he did for a living) would take that little convincing to do something as hardcore as coke?  I mean seriously, while the story was pretty unbelievable throughout, that part was just way out there.Final verdict - don't even waste your time, I really wish I hadn't even though it was free.