Review: Whoa. I really wanted it....I did.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2013
I soooo wanted to like this book, I really did. The premise was cute, but it started off so bad that I couldn't finish the book. I think mainly my problem with it, which made it impossible to move past, is the premise just JUMPS out on the second page. There is no building to it...one chapter build up would have been nice. The two characters are complete strangers, both in the armed service, have seen war, thus should be paranoid creatures by nature, instead they were already road tripping and having dinner together after talking for five minutes. Sorry, that just doesn't happen...even in literary fairytale land. The author missed the opporunity to add some backstory and depth to the characters by embracing military dysfunchions/traits.The conversations were so blasé and extremely lacking that it made me not want to continue reading to see what all these raving reviews were about. The female lead was extremely boring and there was nothing about her that hinted that she was in the service. I LOVE armed service characters because they can be bold and strong yet vulnerable at the same time, but there was nothing about THIS one that remotely hinted that she was in the service. She was boring. Plain and simple. The male was okay, but his background wouldn't have permitted him to be so OPEN MY ARMS AND LET ME SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET in five minutes. A REAL Seal, especially one in counterterrorism, would have been paranoid of a strange woman cuddling with him after he boarded the plane...there was nothing about him that reflected he was a Seal. I know a few Seals, from different generations even, but they are much the same in their attitudes, none of which Luke had.Not that it's important, but I love unique names, but the author has to explain how to SAY it. That would have been nice instead of having to google it.I would ATTEMPT to read more from this author, but this wasn't a promising start.