Review: Needed more to FEEL with the characters
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
The fact that there was a child that played an important part in this story was a plus for me because you hardly ever see stories like that, and in reality single parents are a very common thing for whatever reason. I really like that Karen had this aspect in her book. I love the relationship that Matty and Paige build up and it was sweet to see him care so much for his nanny.The down fall of this book is that I just couldn't get an emotional connection to the characters. There were many parts of the story that were just skipped over, parts that I felt needed to be there. One of the most disappointing ones being when Matteo was actually courting Paige. I was shocked to find that we just skipped over all of that. I NEEDED to know about that to make a connection to these characters and to feel like they were fighting for something genuine, something that really meant something to them in their hearts rather than the lust that they are always talking about.There is a lot of angst in this book, a little bit too much for my taste. The both of them went back and forth so much it was exhausting. I mean I am all about angst but I need a balance of the unsure with a little bit of feeling the raw emotions that they are going through. I was TOLD what they felt rather than being able to FEEL what they felt.