Review: Please write more in the Neighbors series!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
I was extremely disappointed with http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJJJJLK/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk.It was a hot mess.The first 50% was almost a normal romance story with a matchmaking mother, father, etc.  Except for the the H's problem, which resulted in him trying to repulse the h by acting like a jerk and being cold to her, even though he really wanted her.  He would get jealous, but then decide that he had to leave her alone for her own good.  Meanwhile she always wants him, but his attitude pisses her off.  There were some good aspects to this part of the story, but overall it wasn't fleshed out enough.  I'd give this part 3 stars, but it should have been longer and encompassed the entire story.The second 50% was terrible.  Just horrible.  Not really romance, but sort of urban fantasy or paranormal something, which is not her forte.  I'm not sure if the author was trying to be mysterious, so she deliberately provided details in a fragmented and random fashion.  Or she was trying to be funny with the haphazard and contentious family interactions.  Either way, it didn't work.  It was just irritating.  The characters were suddenly enlightened as to what was going on, even though it was still unclear and a mess.  There were also way too many new characters added - probably because each will get his own book.  And there needed to be editing.  Sometimes the names are wrong, which causes confusion and adds another irritating element to an already warped tapestry.  (Once the H's mother's name is used in place of the h's, another time the adopted brother's instead of the actual brother's).It's like the funny aspects of her Neighbors series (which I enjoyed) and an amateur ghost story were thrown into a blender and then splashed on a wall.  This was the author's first story, which she said was terrible, so she re-wrote it.  Maybe it was too close to her heart, and she couldn't really edit it enough.This is the first book of the series - future books will have a different H and h - but I won't be reading them.  I wish she'd write more in the Neighbors series.