Review: It has potential but okay for $.99
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
***3 Elvis Rockin' Stars!***(Possible spoiler below)I will admit that this book got me torn up. It's like I took a ride on an intense emotional rollercoaster and I am not saying this very lightly. One minute I'm curious and holding my breath, the next I was feeling sad and still holding my breath, and then I got extremely p*ssed off and I wasn't holding my breath anymore but I'm pulling my hair out.It started slow but not exactly dragging and it held my interest. It was a good read, an exciting and emotional one up until about 50% of the book. After that, it went pretty downhill for me.I only read the synopsis of this book once before I one-clicked it because I think it was on sale at .99c and it seemed like my kind of book. But I didn't start reading until just a few days ago, weeks after I bought it, and I went in "almost" blind.This Much Is True sort of reminded me of Crash, Clash, and Crush by Nicole Williams (which I loved!) except this one is heavier, more emotional.What I loved and enjoyed about this book:- this is not the usual NA teeny bopper romance novel- I appreciate the depth of the story and the second-chance romance theme- the age difference (she's not that young, and he's not that old)- Marla is such a great friend to have- Lincoln Presley. Lincoln Presley. Lincoln Presley.What went wrong in this book for me:- the first thing that bothered me was the constant mention of Holly's death. It's like every paragraph since it happened, there's a mention of it except until when Tally got pregnant it mellowed down a bit.- Lincoln was lovely, but it's like they didn't exactly have any love affair to begin with except for the attraction and that "one-night stand"- their "relationship" was on and off, it's exhausting to read. Like really, really exhausting. Make up your mind, Tal and Elvis!- with all the dragging of their love story (or lack thereof), the conclusion seemed hurried to me. It's like the author noticed that the story is already getting too long and dragging to read and she hurriedly just put a conclusion to it. I know that is not the case but that was how I felt about it.I'm not going to dwell on this anymore, I would just like to share my thoughts on this. My status updates below would tell you I how I felt and you'll notice when I started not updating. That was the part when the on and off exhausting part started happening and I couldn't deal with it anymore.