Review: Okay
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
There are things about this novel I loved.  I found the main characters exciting and engaging.  Destiny comes across as a great person and woman, ready to help, appreciative, yet sexy and exciting, a sort of breath of fresh air.  Hefin is a sexy hunk from the get-go, but also is a sensitive, understanding man who has been hurt in love and does not wish to hurt Destiny.  This is the story of their love, from the time Destiny first laid eyes on the handsome, hunk working in the library until she and he realize they have fallen for each other.  However, the writing style of the book left much to be desired.  I found much of it dragging.  The author tended to go off on tangents in the middle of things, waxing about some past incident. This detracted from the book and kept me from getting fully engaged.  I fully expected to whip right through this book in no time, becoming fully engrossed in the love story. However, I found myself trying to stay with it, weary of how slow things were going, how little action there was.  I am not sure about the chemistry between Hefin and Destiny either.  There were a few other characters in the book, mostly Destiny’s siblings, with whom she had a difficult relationship with some and a better one with others, and Hefin’s ex-wife, who we mainly meet in his memories and who did a number on him. There is a great story here, just not one that flows easily. I am not quite sure what the author’s intent was, whether to portray the characters today or to portray them based on their pasts (which I doubt you can really separate them from). I think it the book would have flowed better if the author had “chunked” events from their pasts in a few or several pages and then went on to the plot. The book would have probably, in my opinion, not dragged as much. I have not read anything else by this author, and I am not sure, based on this, I will. I think people who may have read more by the author or more of the series may be interested in this book. Readers who enjoy romances might also enjoy it. I received this from NetGalley to read and review.