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bellabirdley's review
2.0
I'm quite sad that I can't give this book a better rating than two stars but I really did not enjoy it at all.
First of all, I did like Armel he is a great character and I liked everything about him. He is really elaborated and interesting and I enjoyed reading his chapters a lot!
The rest of the book, on the other hand, was really not my cup of tea. The relationship between Kathryn and Lucas seemed to me absolute ridiculous and both acted as if they were still teenagers.
Kathryn is going through a hard breakup and her mother thinks that a road trip would take her mind off things. So far the story seemed nice but as soon as they reach their destination, which is her grandmother's place, the two women try to set Kathryn up with the local chief Lucas. As if a woman could not be happy without a man in her life! (Sidenote: Her father and grandfather are dead for a really long time and you never hear that any of the women had ever had another relationship ever since) It makes absolutely no sense to me why the two of them try to force her into a relationship with another man already although she clearly says she doesn't want to.
Lucas might be described as a nice guy but in my opinion, he is acting really selfish and forces himself so hard on her. But Kathryn never stands up for herself and defends all their actions all the time. That was what annoyed me the most!
Lucas and she get close in no time and not even after a week everyone tries to convince her to move up into absolute solitude. She makes so often clear that she really likes her job as a doctor in California and that she had spent her whole life there and now she shall leave this all behind for some guy she knows for barely a week?! Like honestly what is wrong with all of them?! And Lucas gets actually mad at her for leaving after they knew each other for like two weeks?!
They weren't even a real couple but everyone was already acting as if they were and talking about how he was the one for her. I mean her grandmother at least knew this guy her whole life but her mother had known him just as long as Kathryn so what mother acts like that? And Kathryn is supposed to be a professional and great doctor but still jumps on his motorbike and rides off with him and has sex without protection? Who is that thoughtless? And of course, she moves up with her mother in the end and she and Lucas get engaged and she is pregnant after a whole time period of maybe two months?!
If the love story between the two wouldn't have been so rushed and could have developed over time it would have made a good change for me and I might have liked the story a lot more. I also must admit that I did not know until halfway through the book what role actually Armel plays in it and I found the clash of this quite typical romance with the supernatural fantasy part not well-implemented. I think the story had a lot potential, especially the part with Armel as I really enjoyed every bit of his story and the part he took up in the book.
First of all, I did like Armel he is a great character and I liked everything about him. He is really elaborated and interesting and I enjoyed reading his chapters a lot!
The rest of the book, on the other hand, was really not my cup of tea. The relationship between Kathryn and Lucas seemed to me absolute ridiculous and both acted as if they were still teenagers.
Kathryn is going through a hard breakup and her mother thinks that a road trip would take her mind off things. So far the story seemed nice but as soon as they reach their destination, which is her grandmother's place, the two women try to set Kathryn up with the local chief Lucas. As if a woman could not be happy without a man in her life! (Sidenote: Her father and grandfather are dead for a really long time and you never hear that any of the women had ever had another relationship ever since) It makes absolutely no sense to me why the two of them try to force her into a relationship with another man already although she clearly says she doesn't want to.
Lucas might be described as a nice guy but in my opinion, he is acting really selfish and forces himself so hard on her. But Kathryn never stands up for herself and defends all their actions all the time. That was what annoyed me the most!
Lucas and she get close in no time and not even after a week everyone tries to convince her to move up into absolute solitude. She makes so often clear that she really likes her job as a doctor in California and that she had spent her whole life there and now she shall leave this all behind for some guy she knows for barely a week?! Like honestly what is wrong with all of them?! And Lucas gets actually mad at her for leaving after they knew each other for like two weeks?!
They weren't even a real couple but everyone was already acting as if they were and talking about how he was the one for her. I mean her grandmother at least knew this guy her whole life but her mother had known him just as long as Kathryn so what mother acts like that? And Kathryn is supposed to be a professional and great doctor but still jumps on his motorbike and rides off with him and has sex without protection? Who is that thoughtless? And of course, she moves up with her mother in the end and she and Lucas get engaged and she is pregnant after a whole time period of maybe two months?!
If the love story between the two wouldn't have been so rushed and could have developed over time it would have made a good change for me and I might have liked the story a lot more. I also must admit that I did not know until halfway through the book what role actually Armel plays in it and I found the clash of this quite typical romance with the supernatural fantasy part not well-implemented. I think the story had a lot potential, especially the part with Armel as I really enjoyed every bit of his story and the part he took up in the book.
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