Review: EMOTIONAL STORYTELLING
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
The first time Callie Meets Joe is when she runs him off the road with her car. She's 18 and he's 22. After that first meeting neither can quite get the other out of their head. Then Callie walks into the tattoo parlour where Joe works with his brother Adam. Joe is ecstatic to see Callie again, he's determined to pursue her but she has a steady boyfriend. She's not a cheater, and he doesn't steal other mens women. Neither realise how the other one feels so it's friendship.This is a first read for me by this author. I initially thought that this was going to be just another tattooed bad boy story, but it's much more than that. The story spans a 10 year time period. I have to say right off that there were times that this story got me very frustrated, particularly with Callie. Although I did like her as a character it was just thst she was a bit of a ditherer at times. Joe was a great character as well but again he had his annoying moments. This story is quite emotional at times. I liked the way the author kept Callie's boyfriend Nick in the background much of the time this helped me not to feel too conflicted about him. There are a whole cast of side characters who were very well fleshed out and not just there to make up the numbers. I did feel the ending need more, perhaps an epilogue. I believe that this is the authors debut. It's a fine first effort.