Review: Almost there.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
There were some things I definitely liked about this story. I liked the heroine - she was emotionally stunted and ignorant to her own feelings, but that rang true to her situation. She pushed her husband away because she didn't know how to be married, and that seems like what happens to a lot of people. I liked the intimacy that she and Kem had - they knew what each other liked to eat and what movies they liked to watch. I liked that Kem was close to the heroine's grandmother. I also liked that he had her name tattooed on his ribs - hot.But with this story, the not so good outweighed the good for me. First, the writing style is very formal. It's kind of strange. In some instances, I could go along with it, because it was written from the heroine's POV and she seemed like a more formal type of person. But... other times, like during the sex scenes, the formal writing took me out of the story. And I hate stilted dialogue, which showed up a few times, esp when the heroine was talking to her supposed best friend. There were also a LOT of descriptions of food and clothing, which was weird. It was almost like food porn, the food was described so in depth and lovingly.Secondly, Kem was perfect. He was literally a perfect man. He cooked, he catered to her every need, he was completely attentive, caring, and understanding AT ALL TIMES. His perfection rubbed me the wrong way. He was like a man-version of the dreaded Mary Sue character. I like my heroes to love their heroines, but they need to be a little dirty. They need to have flaws, otherwise there's no conflict. All the conflict in this story came from the side characters and the heroine's inability to emotionally connect. Kem never got frustrated with her. He never got pissed, even though he had a right to be. I just didn't buy it.Lastly, the side characters brought the book down. I did not care about the best friend and her baby daddy drama. The chick was weird. I thought she should be tested for bipolar disorder. One minute she'd be crying hysterically, the next minute she'd be like an emotionless robot, telling the heroine to stay out of her business. Bizarre to say the least.Anyway, I might try another one from this author. I really liked the premise of this story.