Review: Needed More
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
Jack Falcon used to be a player. Until he fell in love and lost her. For the last three years, he has been adrift, then he bought a bar and started to get his life together. He meets a girl who could make him take a chance to love and live again. Is she the right one? Rose can’t remember when she last felt normal. Driven by the fear of living, she  questions why Jack would be attracted to her. She questions why Jack’s brother, Alex, continues to reach out and help her.  Both Jack and Rose have demons they need to conquer. Will they be able to meet the future together or will their demons continue to keep them apart?Beautiful Rose is a story about two damaged people who have a tough time moving forward from ghosts that haunt them. Rose doesn’t quite know what she is fleeing from. Jack is hiding and protective of his feelings and his heart.  Yet their attraction for each other cannot be denied.  And a story would not be complete without an antagonist. I could not help but laugh when the vindictive, jealous character is named Harmony. The author sure has an ironic sense of  humor.Beautiful Rose is a very quick read. Character development could be better. I felt the characters were a bit one-dimensional, which left me wanting to know more about them and feel them more.  The story could use one more editorial pass as there were a few typos and misuse of words.While reading the story, there is one character that I felt the author was deliberately holding back in exploring – Alex. I am glad to learn that Alex will have a chance to tell his own story in a separate book. I would look forward to learning more about Alex, and the hidden story about Jack and Alex’s mother. There definitely is a story there.