Review: Pleasant Read with a Great Ending!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2013
**DISCLAIMER** I was provided with a free copy by the author in exchange for an honest review.The opening line of the blurb had me hooked immediately and I read this entire book in one evening. Grammatically it was perfect. I didn't find one error in the entire 147 pages. That pleased me tremendously!However, the descriptions were redundant, over-used, repetitive, and oh, did I mention repetitive? Okay, I'm seriously not exaggerating when I say that every single time Bree's eyes were described they were described as "her green eyes" or "her green gaze." Every single time Scott's eyes were mentioned they were described as "chocolate brown" and every single time his hands were described it was "rough hands", "calloused hands" or "rough, calloused hands." I swear, if I had to read any of those descriptions one more time I was going to scream while ripping out handfuls of my hair. Yeah, it was that bad.But, that is the extent of my complaints about this book. I absolutely loved everything else about it. Bree and Scott were very likeable and I was rooting for them throughout. The descriptions of the abuse Bree suffered at the hands of Bryan were chilling. I wanted to kill Bryan more than once and I truly felt the pain that Bree experienced. The relationship between Bree and Scott was well written and believeable. However, I did find it to be borderline sickening and cheesy at times. Other than constantly wondering if Bree was going to suddenly wake up in her old life, there was no real tension. Bree and Scott did super romantic stuff (that you only ever see in movies or read about in books) which ends up with them in bed having mind blowing sex. I guess I would've liked a little more tension to keep me engaged just a bit more.As a romance, we expect a happily ever after and Ms. Owens doesn't disappoint. Now, normally, I'm not a fan of unexplained or open endings, but I think it worked well in this story. We're never really told the "truth" of what happened--it's left up to us as readers to draw our own conclusions. It was handled very well.