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ktomp17's review
2.0
I am having a real hard time deciding how to rate this. I am going by what the stars actually say...it was OK. I can't say I truly liked it to bump it to 3 stars, but I do have to say that it was very well written. Ms. Loveless is a very good author.
The story just didn't sit with me and annoyed me more than I enjoyed it. This was not a true romance story even though the last line of the blurb leads you to think it is. Yes, this is a story about Sam and Connor and Kelly and what brings them together, but that doesn't happen until 2/3 through the book. The majority of the book is Connor in jail. I ended up skimming most of those chapters because, yes, that is an important piece of what makes Connor who he is and what helps Sam and Kelly get close, but it could have been a LOT shorter and focused more on the relationship, which after pages of miserable jail, felt very rushed. Also, I had an issue with how Connor and Sam got together.They are friends for so long with no sexual activity. Connor is married, Sam has a boyfriend. All of a sudden, Connor gets drunk and is kissing Sam before they get ambushed. OK...so far so good except for the cheating. Then, Connor loves his wife very much but can't feel romantic in a conjugal visit because it seems weird, but then Sam comes to visit and the man he has never been with nor had a real conversation with about any romantic feelings is all of a sudden having sex in a conjugal visit. Huh???
It just didn't resonate with me.
The story just didn't sit with me and annoyed me more than I enjoyed it. This was not a true romance story even though the last line of the blurb leads you to think it is. Yes, this is a story about Sam and Connor and Kelly and what brings them together, but that doesn't happen until 2/3 through the book. The majority of the book is Connor in jail. I ended up skimming most of those chapters because, yes, that is an important piece of what makes Connor who he is and what helps Sam and Kelly get close, but it could have been a LOT shorter and focused more on the relationship, which after pages of miserable jail, felt very rushed. Also, I had an issue with how Connor and Sam got together.
It just didn't resonate with me.
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