Review: hmmm.. premise was a good..but poorly executed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
From the sample read I knew it was a gamble as to whether I would like the story or not. I know this is a novella, but it's because it's novella that all the conflicts didn't give enough reading time to resolve.Kelsey & Jake's story ( including Noah, their baby)Kelsey and her family's historyKelsey and her grieving about Jake's death, and her struggle to raise Noah in Jake's absenceKelsey and Jake's family issues, specifically  his motherKelsey and Ryan's friendship and ultimately their budding relationship after Jake's deathRyan's friendship with JakeRyan's grieving over Jake's deathRyan's struggle with PTSD.Most of the above points were glazed over in summary fashion.*What does Ryan even do for a living when not on active duty?*In order for some sort of connection to the characters, maybe focus on one or two aspects of things, but to cram all that into a novella, just came off a one jumbled info in a short story. Author does do a good job of showing Kelsey's personal struggle to move on in the beginning, from Jake's death.Scene changes were confusing as well. In one sentence she's at Jake's parents house and next she's getting ready for bed at her apartment. Characters names were incorrectly used at some points as well.Bottomline- for all the heavy stuff that the author threw in the story, it needed to be a full length novel in order to be explored and for any connection to be made to any of the characters. As it is now I could care less.**1/2 stars