Review: Good contemporary romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
I liked this book, the first I've read by this author. The story had a decent plot and likeable characters, but there were quite a few editing errors that a quick read through by an author or editor should have picked up-missing punctuation(its), misspelled words (form/from, dose/doze), etc... I felt that more character development was spent on the female lead, Avery, than on the male lead, Joel, and so the reader understands her background and family better than his. The author tried, but didn't quite hit the mark for me in exploring the psychological justifications or long term effects of being in an abusive relationship like the one that Avery had with her previous boyfriend, one which was even enabled by her mother.This was a good solid romance with a nice plot and an interesting touch at the end that leaves the door open for a follow-up book. I just wish the author had delved a little deeper and polished a little more. There is implied sex in this book, but no descriptions, so other than some violence, it's a pretty clean read. 3 1/2 stars.Heat factor mild.