Review: Big reveal falls short
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
** spoiler alert ** 3.5 starsI received an complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.I am itching to give this 4 stars, but I am held back by the sheer silliness of the "big reveal". I liked this follow-up to "Stranded" as it gave me more about Poppy and Felix. The end of Stranded held some promise for them.It picks a year after they originally meet or start seeing each other, and things are plugging along as any relationship where things are getting serious will. This time, as the title suggests, there is an issue of trust. The story starts out with a bang & we see them happy, and then all of the sudden Poppy see's that Felix is hiding something and she feels him pulling back. She catches him in some lies and half truths and chooses to go forward and trust him. Now we have an angsty love story.From the outside looking in, we are led down the path and we know something's being hidden, there is someone he's meeting with very often and the storyline suggests this goes on for weeks. And that's where it falls a part. Once we find out why and where they meet the plausibility DIES and the story goes way off track. Are they designing a ring or melting the gold and digging for and cutting the diamond themselves? It wraps up with the reveal and Poppy's quick acceptance of his proposal. Maybe a lead up to another novella about hem?I really liked it until the last 3%. I'd recommend if you read "Stranded" and want to find you what's next for them.