Review: Quick, easy read that left me unconvinced
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
2.5 StarsThe story itself had a solid foundation and a light and easy writing style. The start caught my attention because I found Hannah’s character to be appealing in the sense that she just graduated high school and was moving away from home into a garage apartment owned by friends of her parents. She had saved enough money for 4 months rent and hoped to gain employment before the money ran out. And yes, she found a job at a popular coffee shop a couple of blocks from her apartment. How lucky is that? She also was on foot – no car in Nashville. Once there, things took a turn for me and I found myself rolling my eyes and thinking, REALLY? A wall of unrealistic sequences came fast and furiously and I just couldn’t make that crossover. Everything was just a little too perfect and lacked development. Everything is just too fast, too “perfect” with no uncertainties. Hannah is gullible and weak. She falls for anything and everything too easily.I’ve got a real problem with a playboy/bad boy who thinks he can just tell a girl (who by the way should know better) that he’d rather not wear a condom and he’ll “pull out” before anything can happen. I’ve got big load of BS to drop on him – if he thinks that’s going to make a difference. How many girls have gotten pregnant by this promise of “love”? There is not much of an age difference between Hannah, who is a recent high school graduate, and Jason, the rich and successful songwriter but their life experiences and life styles are oceans apart. Hannah grew up in a small town and raised in a close-knit family. She’s very nave and has had sex a total of three times with her high school boyfriend. And then there’s Jason, who can’t even remember the number of women with whom he’s been sexually involved – and sometimes with multiple partners. He’s done the drinking and drug scene and the parties - and all in excess.The icing on the cake here is that there’s an insta-love/insta-sex between the two that just doesn’t click for me. Jason buys her a brand new car the week after he meets her. He finds out she’s artistic and sets her up doing album covers and t-shirts for a popular band. He takes her on an overnight sail on his yacht. He insists she move into his mansion and quit work to “move in with him and be his sex slave.” Yeah, right – this is going to happen a week’s time in Nashville. I don’t think so. I’m all about fiction and happily-ever-afters but everything was just too perfectly orchestrated and I just couldn't stay in tune with their love song.All in all, if you can suspend your need for believability and you want a little heat and a far-fetched love connection, then this might be for you.