Review: Minor spoilers...sorry, it was necessary
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
I'm not entirely certain how I feel about this story.  I've read one  other  book by Becky Andrews that I really  liked and it was the reason I gave this one a shot.  However, this one didn't quite hit the mark.  It  wasn't bad but I found myself alternating between smiling and cringing as I read it.  The story was mostly good.  The premise of the forgotten night was intriguing and I was glad that the author didn't  make the reader wait until the end for resolution on that front.  It was also very romantic and had a satisfying conclusion.  What's my problem then?  There were just a bunch of little things that I would normally brush off but they just piled up.  Eventually I couldn't ignore them anymore.  Honestly, they were probably things that wouldn't really bother most  people but they bothered me.Here are a few examples: 1) For a master of linguistics Cassidy had pretty poor grammar. 2) Cassidy was remorselessly mean to the people who caused bad things to happen to her before they ever deserved it. (Though she did not deserve their chosen revenge).  3) So many things just happened with no foreshadowing or build up at all as if the author just decided to throw it in there last minute. 4) Everyone is old money mega-rich. That one is just my issue. I just prefer reading about people who earn what they have. 5) Is it really that easy to finish school early? 6) Seriously Cassidy? There is a mad man on the loose and you are just going to ditch your police protection and yell at your family for smothering you because they are justifiably afraid for your safety? 7) And seriously Andrew? How many times are you just going to sit back and watch her do something stupidly dangerous? 8) Andrew, Drew, Andy, Anthony...whatever your name is.There are other things but they just get more and more petty and I'm already ashamed that I complained about these things.  Well, most of them anyway.Actually, now that I got all of that off my chest, I feel a little better about the story as a whole.  I would probably enjoy it more if I read it a second time but I kind of doubt that will ever happen.