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corrie's review
3.0
I wanted to like this book, I really wanted to. Because I've read and enjoyed Heidt's Sister's in Spirit series before, I expected something more than was offered.
I know the woman can write, but "Meet Me in the Middle" turned out to be a frustrating read for me. Both Zane and Aislin couldn't convince and often their irrational behaviour and lack of trust towards each other left me feeling bewildered.
That broken record excisted even past the 90% mark of the story (say what?!) and therefore earns itself a spot on my wtf am I reading shelf :-(
I can just about squeeze out 2.5 stars for effort and the ugly cat.
I know the woman can write, but "Meet Me in the Middle" turned out to be a frustrating read for me. Both Zane and Aislin couldn't convince and often their irrational behaviour and lack of trust towards each other left me feeling bewildered.
That broken record excisted even past the 90% mark of the story (say what?!) and therefore earns itself a spot on my wtf am I reading shelf :-(
I can just about squeeze out 2.5 stars for effort and the ugly cat.
apostrophen's review
4.0
This was really fun, had a thread of klutzy meet-cute throughout that I really got a chuckle out of, and the inclusion of a dash of the paranormal—our heroines are watched over by the women in their lives who loved them and have since passed on—was right up my alley.
Zane is confident, secure, meticulous. She's a wealthy woman from a wealthy family who is a lawyer and knows she has to be 110% to measure up to her role. She likes to keep things clear and predictable: including the supermodels she dates, knowing full well they're mostly in it for the connections and networking she can offer as a member of the elites.
Aislin is a wee Irish hurricane. She's a veterinarian, and her life is generally more-or-less chaos. Her family is incredibly loud, but down-to-earth and super-caring, and if it wasn't for them, she'd never have made it though the loss of her previous love, Shannon. That it's time for Aislin to potentially move on hasn't really occurred to her, but with some preternatural help from Shannon, Aislin's grandmother, and Zane's mother, a nudge puts the two women on a collision course.
And boy do they collide.
The will-they, won't-they of Meet Me in the Middle is relentless. Aislin doesn't trust well. Zane doesn't compromise well. They both are quick to temper and have many assumptions about each other to work through. Honestly, at one point I wanted to smack each of them. Okay, at least at one point. But they're fun, the cast of characters (and especially animals) around them was a joy, and I liked the scheming ex as a hurdle, too. Their characters made sense, even as they made me want to screech at them.
I listened to this on audiobook, and for the most part it was decent. There were a couple of odd pronunciations (literally a couple: poultice and mistrial) where I had to stop and make the book jump back thirty seconds. Pull-tease? Mystery-al? Other than that, it was good, characterizations were on, and the variation in voice performance never held any confusions over who was speaking, which I love.
Zane is confident, secure, meticulous. She's a wealthy woman from a wealthy family who is a lawyer and knows she has to be 110% to measure up to her role. She likes to keep things clear and predictable: including the supermodels she dates, knowing full well they're mostly in it for the connections and networking she can offer as a member of the elites.
Aislin is a wee Irish hurricane. She's a veterinarian, and her life is generally more-or-less chaos. Her family is incredibly loud, but down-to-earth and super-caring, and if it wasn't for them, she'd never have made it though the loss of her previous love, Shannon. That it's time for Aislin to potentially move on hasn't really occurred to her, but with some preternatural help from Shannon, Aislin's grandmother, and Zane's mother, a nudge puts the two women on a collision course.
And boy do they collide.
The will-they, won't-they of Meet Me in the Middle is relentless. Aislin doesn't trust well. Zane doesn't compromise well. They both are quick to temper and have many assumptions about each other to work through. Honestly, at one point I wanted to smack each of them. Okay, at least at one point. But they're fun, the cast of characters (and especially animals) around them was a joy, and I liked the scheming ex as a hurdle, too. Their characters made sense, even as they made me want to screech at them.
I listened to this on audiobook, and for the most part it was decent. There were a couple of odd pronunciations (literally a couple: poultice and mistrial) where I had to stop and make the book jump back thirty seconds. Pull-tease? Mystery-al? Other than that, it was good, characterizations were on, and the variation in voice performance never held any confusions over who was speaking, which I love.
thereadingduck's review
2.0
I couldn't finish the book, sadly. I don't listen to much romance but after going through a lot of Melissa Brayden's work and because I didn't want to get into something heavier, I decided to move to this one.
The premise seemed promising enough, and while the characters were great, such as the twins and their sibling relationship/rivalry, the main romantic relationship in and of itself was the core of my issues with the book.
There is a constant lack of communication between the two, and it causes a lot of issues that shouldn't be issues in the first place (I don't fancy lack of communication issued drama). Then the feelings of the two seems to be over the roof for such a period of time of knowing each other, and while I'm totally willing to believe in love at first sight, this one didn't work.
1.5 stars as real rating, because the characters and family relationships were great, for as far as I went at last.
The premise seemed promising enough, and while the characters were great, such as the twins and their sibling relationship/rivalry, the main romantic relationship in and of itself was the core of my issues with the book.
There is a constant lack of communication between the two, and it causes a lot of issues that shouldn't be issues in the first place (I don't fancy lack of communication issued drama). Then the feelings of the two seems to be over the roof for such a period of time of knowing each other, and while I'm totally willing to believe in love at first sight, this one didn't work.
1.5 stars as real rating, because the characters and family relationships were great, for as far as I went at last.
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