Review: Good Reading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
Looking for a hot hero, some steamy time between the sheets and plenty of fun? A Good Time might be right up your alley.Ms. Schroeder has created an entertaining cast of characters in this book. I understand it's book two in a series but, while I was aware in a peripheral was that there were some things that had happened before (there's a wedding being planned during the book, and I'm guessing the bride and groom were from book one), I never felt lost. And I loved the secondary characters so much in this story, I can't wait to read more with them (including going back and reading the first book).The author also has some pretty amazing skill with words. The story itself is amazingly well constructed. It flows easily from sentence to sentence, and completely engaged me.I loved our hero, Griffin, as well. I think he was supposed to come across as the one who was completely anti-committment, but he didn't. Sure, at first he figured this was just the usual "good time" fling and made an effort to keep Indy out of the important parts of his life. He just wanted her in bed, right? But from the time early on when he invites Indy to a particular lunch, I knew it was all over for him.Indy was another story. I liked her when the story started. She was fun, irreverent and did what she pleased. My kind of gal ... and then midway through when the "blessing in disguise" occurs, she completely unravels. And she became someone I did not like. Her behavior felt out of character and she became selfish and sometimes unkind. I struggled to understand why Griffin still wanted her. I mean, he does a couple things that made me want to smack him, but ultimately he was still the same good guy he was all along. Indy wasn't -- she did this change that made little sense to me.Still, I pressed through because I had to know what happened and how they resolved their issues. And I'm glad I did, because thankfully, Indy's crazy wore off and she finally became the girl I loved at the beginning. I was completely satisfied with the ending, and honestly, I loved the majority of the book. And, above all, I was completely impressed with the author's wordsmithing -- that alone is enough to keep me checking out whatever she writes.Originally posted at Long and Short Reviews