Review: OK, But Nothing To Write Home About
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
This book was alright...but just alright. I didn't hate it, but could have done without it easily.Having read the entire book, I can look back and honestly say that I didn't feel the slightest connection to either of the main characters. Celeste, our damsel in distress, is first introduced while she is getting dumped by her loser boyfriend. Off to Vegas she goes! Mission: Be Less Boring. Since I was pretty bored just reading about her sucky life, I was really hoping she'd spice it up as well.To that end, being kidnapped by a mysterious foreign man that traffics women should raise the excitement level right? Only, she manages to get kidnapped by the tamest "bad guy" in existence. Seriously!?! This girl can't get a break! Honestly, when she finally makes a break for it and cuts her arm badly I was praying that she'd just die and put both of us out of misery!I felt like I was reading a very mild, PG13 knock-off of Captive In The Dark with far less appealing characters and no emotional connection. If it hadn't been so short, I probably wouldn't have bothered finishing it. On the other hand, if more time had gone into character development, it might have been a better story. The idea was good, but the execution was lacking in my opinion.