Review: Not so great, not so bad
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2013
I think Secret Seduction would have benefited from the experience provided by a professional publisher.I must admit that I thought Katie rather childish. Being hounded by tabloid journalists, see her so-called friends dissect her every quirks in the media, all without being able to digest the fact that her mother lied to her her whole life, I understand it can be hard to bear, and even that she'd wanted to disappear for a while. But remaining one year without being in touch with anybody, including her brother (who must also be disturbed by the news even if he's less affected) was too close to a big tantrum done with foot stomping and a loud "so there". And the fact that one year later she's still as angry at her mother just confirmed this feeling.The attraction between them is fast as they've known each other for a long time and as Katie has been in love with him since always. He needs more time to understand what he wants, thanks to long internal and sadly repetitive monologs. These repetition (there are many from the heroine too) are one of weak points of the story.The rhythm of the story is uneven, with a succession of action scenes and dead calm. I thought the plot was poorly exploited, and the ending left me dissatisfied. I can understand the story goes on in the following book, but no one even mentions any further investigation. It's as if catching the henchmen was enough.Despite these shortcomings, this novel has qualities and I still want to read the following book. It must be that Secret Seduction is better than it might seem from reading my review. In any case I want to give a chance to the author.Edit : several days later I changed my mind. I don't want to go on reading this author for now.