Review: Couldn't connect with the story or the characters
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
I applaud the author for writing about such touchy subject matter. There weren't any overt spelling & grammatical errors. My honest opinion was I didn't really like or dislike the book. I didn't connect with the characters at all. I read fiction for a reason. I don't want it to be just like reality, but this book was so unrealistic it wasn't plausible. The POV jumping was TOO much. It jumped back & forth in the same paragraph. Almost too hard to follow who was talking or thinking. Very annoying.The book tried so hard to have angst & conflict, but never reached either. I felt like I was watching people read off a page without any emotion.Potential Spoilers AheadThe "heroine" Alyson meets a family while she is escaping from the grief of losing her family. After a couple of hours she decides to move into their home. After a week she is in love enough with the son, who she never really has a conversation about anything with, to go back home & pack up her life to move back to him & his family. Mean while he lets her go for 3 months so she can pack up said life, even though he is madly in love with her, to conveniently walk in her front door the day she is done with all the packing up & tells her he loves her. I don't see how any of these characters clicked right away. It isn't that they are unlikeable. You don't learn enough about any of them to like or dislike them. They seem like cardboard cut outs from a Disney tragedy.I honestly wish I liked the book more. If you read it, you are welcome to disagree.