Review: Potential, but not great
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
Based on the book summary I was excited to read this book since it sounded so different from other contemporary romances I’ve read. I thought it would be really interesting to see the life of an illegal immigrant and how she fits into the world around her. I think overall the story was good, although there were parts that were overdone and again some that were underdone. Really though it was the characters that fell short.Ethan and Ana both often acted like they were barely out of their teens, instead of people in their twenties and thirties with a ton of life experience among them. I often felt like Theo, Ethan’s 15 year old son, acted more mature than Ethan and Ana. The way Ethan referenced “the mommies” and talked about how much they all wanted him was really kind of crass and made him sound like a total douchebag. Ana was supposed to be this strong, independent woman, but she couldn’t stand up for herself with anyone. Yeah some of her issues was the fear of getting found out, but she was still pretty ridiculous. And on top of that, the other adults in the book were just a bunch of weird gossip mongers that were, I think, trying to be helpful, but were really just making things worse. Who cares that they are your best friends in the whole world? How can you not see that telling them Ana’s secret was a big bad thing?I wish I had liked this book more, but really I couldn’t stand the characters at all. I will try more from Serena Bell to see if this was just a fluke. I hope it was because there is potential here.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review