Review: Good Book, but...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
2.5 stars.Okay here's the deal. I actually liked this book. The story was really sweet and the characters were interesting. The problem is this:There is barely any dialogue in the book.Everything--love scenes, tender moments, life-changing decisions--everything is told with long-winded chunks of narration. I understand that sometimes an author needs to "tell" to move the story along, but damn! Show me something already! I need some interaction between the characters... some banter, some conversation beyond quick exchanges.To have a love scene told entirely in third person limited is B-O-R-I-N-G. The reader is caught so deep in the narrator's head, it's hard to tell what is going on other than a long-winded internal monologue. It's very odd.Oh and the author keeps using the word "taut," but she spells it "taught," which can be super confusing in a love scene.I would have loved to give this book 3 or 4 stars. I think this story could have been great. If you don't mind long paragraphs of rambling prose, then I definitely recommend this book. Overall, this book just didn't work for me. Too bad because it had lots of potential.