Review: Anna "Martini Times Romance"
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
[...]*I received this book in exchange for an honest review*After reading the blur, I was really excited to read the story, however when the time came, I was one chapter in and already cringing at some parts.The story has a lot of potential, but it was not catching my interest at all. And it took me days to be able to make it to the half way mark before I called it a day. The main thing that bugged me and rubbed me the wrong way was that the author's writing was kind of all over the place. One minute Aubrey Walker is coming home from college because her one and only family member left in this world fell and became comatose in the hospital. Its late when Aubrey gets back into town and since visiting hours are over, she goes to the house. Well something intense happens and she freaks out. She's scared out of her mind because someone through a brick through her back car window and then when she parks in the driveway, there's a man waiting for her at her car door. She freaks out and gets out of the car and starts running.The man catches up to Aubrey and they topple to the ground. We find out that this man is Booker Outlaw. A man who knows the secret that had Aubrey leave town in the first place. It was an intense scene and I loved the suspense. It was gearing up to be a great story...but then it went flop from there.Apparently the officer who called Aubrey and told her about her Aunt's accident believes that the fall wasn't so accidental. That maybe someone purposefully injured the woman. So when the officer gets a call from Booker and Aubrey about the brick through her window, he shows up for what seems like a minute, tells them his thoughts on the Aunt's fall, and then says for Booker to look after Aubrey. It just seemed really rushed and pointless. Also, Booker and Aubrey have this mutual attraction but it's kind of coming from nowhere. They went to school together but never really talked until apparently he helped her cover up her "secret..."The author wrote dialogue between Booker and Aubrey that didn't really flow. It was awkward, and she used words that I didn't think were right for what she was trying to really say. It just sounded weird if I'm making any sense. The author would have these two characters talk about random stuff during times that seemed inappropriate, and she tried to convey feelings that I just didn't believe. And Booker is supposed to be this best selling horror author and a "word-smith," but he didn't come off as that at all.I did not finish this book because it wasn't my cup of tea. I wasn't connecting with any character, the writing kept pulling me out of the story because of how random the scenes were, and it was coming off as cheesy unfortunately. At the rate the story was going, it was 1 Olive material. Maybe others will like it, but I didn't, and after several times to attempt to at least finish it, my heart just wasn't into it.[...]