Review: Author has potential - a good debut
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2013
The author is British but has chosen to set her book in America with American characters. Whilst overall she did a good job of this, I did find a lot of britishisms slipping in here and there.Maya is 23, she had a loving relationship with her father but he is dying of cancer and requests that she marry his right hand man James who works for him. He wants to die feeling like she will be safe with James. Fast forward two months and James and Maya are married. I would have preferred some background information on their relationship and read of the wedding before the story jumped ahead.Maya is a whizz kid in Chemistry. Her father has his own pharmaceutical company and Maya has created a lot of their products. I did feel some aspects of her working life were a bit far fetched for someone so young! I also didn't understand why someone who worked for this sort of company would be of interest to the press but apparently Maya and James are and they appear in gossip magazines?Maya is a feisty character. She is more like a male character whereas I found James quite soppy and not very sexy! It's more than obvious James is in love with Maya but it takes Maya a while to realise that she feels the same for James. Some problems with trust occur and this leads to trouble for the pair.The book does end on a cliffhanger but part two is out this month also.For a first time author, this was an impressive debut. The author has a good writing style and it is obvious she has taken the time to spell check and proof read and I only spotted a few mistakes. I loved the way the author wrote the little girl Amelia and the cute things she says! What I find refreshing is she has posted asking for feedback and criticism. It is obvious she wants to learn from any errors etc and make herself a better author so I applaud her for that. I have given her my feedback and she says she will be editing and re-releasing the book when she receives more feedback.Whilst the book is not perfect, it kept my interest and I'm intrigued as to what will happen in the concluding second part. After part two the author will be releasing standalone books about the other characters in this novel but I'm most looking forward to Lucas' story.