Review: Gave me a headache
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
I read back over the reviews before I wrote this.  I really wanted to see if anyone else responded to it the way I did.  On the plus side, some of Nick's thoughts and the way he describes things is funny.  I got that.  the heroine!!  Good grief, she came across at the first of the book like she was a bit simple minded.  She needs a fairytale told to her over and over and she giggles in the same places?  Really?  This is a 20+ something.  Seems a bit childish to me.  They are engaged but he has never met her family, not talked to them, nada, zilch.  He only knows what she has told him.  She lives in a very expensive building and she is a student at a cosmetology school.  Where does her money come from?  He doesn't know and doesn't ask.  I did tell you they were engaged, didn't I?  So, for a guy looking for the perfect love, marriage, bride, etc. he knows squat about his intended.  RED FLAG.Now the hero.  He is 25+, a doctoral student working on his degree.  He seems a bit immature for a guy this old, gone thru college, probably 7+ years of it.  He seems a bit of a nerd and a little bit oblivious to what is going on in the real world.  The heroine, Ella, short from Cinderella I suppose.  Anyway, she seems to lead him around by the nose ring he is wearing.  He dances to her tune to keep from upsetting her.  He all but catches her in the act of kissing another man and instead of calling her on it, she turns the tables and blames him for upsetting her and he buys it.  You can just see Dr. Phil's theory of one is the parent and one is the child in this relationship.  Plus, you have to wonder what on earth he sees in this manipulating child "woman".  She doesn't seem to be overly in love with him, it seems as tho holding hands is what gets their motor running.  Again, REALLY??  He is a few months away from defending his thesis and she wants their wedding to take placed at the same time.  She won't take no for an answer so he gives in to her demands.  NO reason they have to rush the wedding except that she wants him to prove that he loves her more than school.  HUH?  I am understanding the high divorce rate in America.At 30% thru the book I realized these two were giving me a headache.  I guess I really like my hero to be more of a man than a boy/man.  It just was not getting there for me.  A lot of others just loved it so I am sure I was just missing something.  Read it for yourself and decide what you think.  For me, it just didn't work.