Review: Way too long...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
Where to start? First, the character of Remy reminded me of Christian Grey in "50 Shades", one minute romantic and secure in himself and the next a big baby whining because he has to get his own way. Then there's Amanda, trying to be an independent, grown-up woman who continually takes three steps forward and two steps back. Some of the minor characters could have used some more backstory and more interaction (Remy's friend Henri and Amanda's father, for example). Instead we got a lot of repeat information and quite a few "best family ever" remarks where they didn't belong.I found myself distracted by the style, especially when the author blends in some odd subject-verb displacements making the language a strange combination of English and Some Other English. I found myself checking to see if her bio indicated any Canadian French or Pennsylvania Dutch. Oh, yeah...there was that one spot where I think she meant to write "nipples" and she wrote nibbles instead. I laughed until I cried.Having said all that, I could not put the darn thing down. I read all 575 pages in one afternoon and evening. I still can' t decide if it was because I got caught up in the story or I just wanted to get it over with. The story was basically good and the sexy parts were mostly respectful and not crude. The parts that were a little more messy didn't offend me or go on for pages. I would recommend it if you have a good attention span and can put up with lots of detail. But it is not a quick read.