Review: hmmm...the potential is there...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
If the setting for this novel was the 1950s, I may have liked it better. In fact, I kept looking for clues that it was set in the past but I came up empty. In fact, the mention of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a good indication that this was a modern romance. Karen, the artist, was lacking a bit in the artsy edge I expected. Her mention of tying him up cracked me up and her standing up for herself and leaving Nick was awesome but then she wilted like a flower in the winter.Adam was---stiff and formal (and Karen called him clear-headed and calm).  He spoke formally with so little emotion for a writer....awkward. I thought and hoped he was joking at the mention of two bedrooms and I believe he was serious.  There was little talk of love - a hike and him taking care of her when she was ill for a couple of days and suddenly, he casually says he wants to get married.  It made me shake my head,baffled.Overall, I think the book had potential but this was just a beginning. Karen could have helped him loosen up. He could have swept her off her feet and promised her the moon. It sure didn't feel like love to me--especially that first meeting love.For a while, I thought it was the British setting/people and quickly disregarded that as a reason for the awkwardness.  I have read plenty of British authors with British settings with so much passion falling off the pages, I blushes.My advice to the author---keep writing and let go of the emotions. Don't hold back. Don't let the story fade out to darkness and mediocrity.