Review: Never As Good As The First Time
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
Sade's song popped into my head as I began to draft this review hence the title. Before I begin, I have to say that I have a love/hate relationship with Nicholas. After the first book, I was left feeling like he was a complete and utter %$@#hole but I was told by members of a book club that he redeems himself hence the title "Redemption." I still feel some kind of way about dear old Nicky. While Ellie has forgiven him and they have agreed to move on from their past and start anew, I'm not completely convinced that Nicholas is 100% emotionally available. I have this niggling feeling that continues to wait for the other shoe to drop in his treatment of Ellie. I was able to overlook the grammatical errors in the first book but the repeated mistakes and confusion when utilizing pronouns to discuss characters in the second book caused me to only give it three stars as opposed to a higher rating. The story was wonderfully crafted but for me, grammatical errors tend to take away a bit in the storytelling.Unfortunately, Book 3 has been spoiled for me since I was alerted to how it ends but that won't stop me from reading and giving an honest review. I have recommended this series to many and will continue to do so. I'm now ready to begin "Undone." Good job Ms. Phal.