Review: amateur writing, stereotypes, and a tired storyline
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
Bo "loves his grandmother very much, although he has not seen her in years due to his constant effort to make partner in one of the biggest, most prominent law firms in Dallas, Texas." (location 21)  Katy  "is a sweet girl, who lives in Little Hill and attends church with Miss Viola.  She always checks on Miss Viola whenever she can, bringing her pastries and her favorite peach tea from her bakery." (location 62).  Yawn.This feels like a rough draft rather than a published work.  It's filled with trite phrases and bland descriptions.  The dialogue is delivered with far too many shouts, shrieks and squeals (particularly annoying when it's from "Mammy")  There are a number of formatting issues with capitalizations, sentence fragments, quotation marks, etc. that also hinder the story.  There were also just some cheesy moments, like when Katherine reads Proverbs 31 before bedtime and "wonders if she will ever find a man to share her life with, to whom she could be the kind of wife that she desires to be, and to have him build her the perfect home... After all, she is 25 now..." (location 235) or shares her church sign wisdom with Bo, "You know what they say, 'Seven days without Christ makes one weak.'" (location 687) I was also baffled by the scene in which Bo is driving down the highway (with the cruise set at 70), takes the camera from the backseat, and then starts scrolling through the photos.  Seriously, not exactly safe behavior.  And finally, the "happily ever after" happened way too fast.Even as a freebie, this one isn't worth it.