Review: Typos, grammatical errors & spelling errors alone would not warrant a 5*
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
Oh my...the typos, grammatical errors and spelling errors were plentiful.  This is the 2nd book in the series.  I don't expect to see these errors.  If there is not an editor, there needs to be.  This is just unacceptable.  Letters missing, semantic errors, syntactical errors, etc.**SPOILERS**The characters were something else too.  There is not one thing I liked about the heroine, Elizabeth.  She is immature, selfish, self-serving, manipulative, etc.  First of all, the reasons she left the Hero (Gabriel) in the 1st place are just absurd.  It's about his father and if she would have told him, he would have taken care of his mother.  Secondly, withholding the pregnancy from the father when he has done nothing to deserve such cruelty-NO!  You just don't do that.  Third, she was so blasé about the threat to her life and that of her unborn child.  She was concerned about her life changing and the sacrifices she would have to make.  Fourth, she wants to give the baby up and go on with her life and peek in here and there?!  Are you kidding me?!  She wants Gabriel and the nanny to raise him while she pursues her dreams.  Newsflash-there are single mothers everywhere that get an education and a career  and have it 10x harder.  She has a man, financial support, family/caregiver support, a nanny, maids & cooks and she is unwilling...Elizabeth did not bond or have a nurturing bone in her body.  After giving birth, she was ready to bolt.  Her son wasn't even three months old and she felt she already fulfilled her duty.  The author really made her out to be unlikable.  And she did bolt.  Right after Gabriel suffers unspeakable loss and betrayal.  She left him and their son.  She also betrayed him by going to work with his rival and further enflaming a long standing fire.  This heroine is a PIECE. OF. WORK.Gabriel's mother...a bit unrealistic.  Too much.  You have her and Elizabeth that both don't have a maternal bone in their body and are not nurturing AT ALL.Gabriel...I get it.  He has been wronged and betrayed.  He has been robbed of soo much and he wants to protect those he loves.  He is overbearing at times.  He is not forthcoming at times.  BUT I GET IT.  Elizabeth panics and stresses over everything.  he did not want to add any more than that and he wanted to protect her.  He also knows how she is about relationships and feelings about being a mother and he wanted to change that.  I feel for the Hero.  Poor guy!The plot was just ok.Big cliffhanger, AGAIN.  Gabriel and Elizabeth are not together AGAIN.  But, the ending drama surrounds their son.  I'm sure Elizabeth will care less and Gabriel suffers yet again.  I have to say, I don't like to read about drama surrounding hurting/harming children.  I draw the line there.  I know this is fiction but that is just a "no-no" for me.For me, this series stops here.  The author went in the wrong direction with this one and made this a less than pleasant read.  There was not a good flow.  There was not balance.  I wasn't rooting for the characters because I adored them and/or related to them.  I wasn't able to read without having to stop and decipher the text because of the multitude or errors.  I wasn't engaged and stimulated in a way that a good story does.  It did next to nothing for me.  Disappointing, especially since I enjoyed the first book.