Review: a bit too repetitive
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
This set consists of one full length book, one novella and one short story. It works reasonably well because we learn about all the male characters and two of the female characters in the first story. Then the second female character is introduced in the second story. By the time you get to the last story, you already know enough about the characters for the story to work.I had two problems with this set. One is the over the top use of the over protective male. Maddie's brothers are portrayed as so over the top it borders on ridiculous. After a while, it got to be quite annoying to read. There were several aspects of the story that felt a little juvenile, such as the over protectiveness.The second aspect that bothered me was the repetitive nature of the characters thoughts. With each character, we got to hear about their inner turmoil four or five times. I understood what the issues were the first time. I didn't need to hear it three more times. It wasn't as though new insights were added each time, it was just another rehash of the same issues, without the character progressing any further in their working through them. It felt as though the author used it as a way to up the word count because it did not add to the story in any way. This was the primary issue that kept it from being a four star read for me.