Review: Ridiculous, but an easy read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2012
What first struck me about this book is that the main characters are in lust within the first 15% of the book and in love within the first 40%, and it was a rather straight-forward love story; so, I hadn't the foggiest idea what the author could possibly say for the next 60%.  As it turns out the author has quite a lot packed into the final 60%.All of a sudden Luke's feelings for Juliette smack him in the face and he freaks out and leaves her.  Of course, he sorts his own feelings out and realizes that he loves her, but in the meantime Juliette's entire world falls apart and the plot turns sinister.  Actually, the plot becomes that of a Gothic novel, which really threw me.  First you get classic seduction turns to love and then you are shocked by the author axing off one of the nice characters in a sudden plot and mood shift.Overall, this book felt a bit disjointed.  It's not that the individual sentences are poorly written, but the plotline does become ridiculous and too over-the-top.  Also, as is too often the case with this sort of romance novel, you don't feel a true connection with the characters.Let's put in this way, I was mildly interested in reading the book that precedes this one and then I saw the Kindle price of $5.99 and immediately thought, "It's not worth it."  This book was an easy read, but I neither fell in love with the characters or the author.  It's simply average across the board.