Review: Surprisingly, Just Ok
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Let me begin this review by saying that I love Nana's writing, and I was very excited to get the notice that she had a new book and I purchased it soon after, but after reading it, it didn't compare to her other book. The way the characters were written didn't echo the style that I had found in her previous books. The main female character in this book seriously got on my nerves. She seemed to have no backbone, and when she made a decision and then it came time for her to defend that decision, she couldn't and was easily persuaded to do something else someone wanted her to do and then she gets mad at the wrong person. She seemed to need her hand held through everything having to do with her life and when she did make a choice, it had to be validated by her best friend or she'd chicken out. Nana's female characters are usually strong and independent and even when they are vulnerable, it feels human and does not make you as the reader want to slap them silly. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about this character. I loved the best friend and the male lead, but I felt sorry for him having to chase this chick around when really in my opinion she should have been the one chasing and begging him. This wasn't a terrible book at all, I'm just saying that she has done better.