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frankvanmeer 's review for:
Waiting in the Wings
by Melissa Brayden
There's a risk in reading an author's first novel after you've read the rest of her work. On the one hand, it's great to see how someone started and progressed through her work. On the other hand, there's a chance it fails to meet the expectations you have, which are based on the knowledge of the former.
To get to the point: this book is so very formulaic in the lesbian actresses genre, it's almost painfull. And that's coming from someone who, not long ago, gushed over the four books he read in the same genre. The only difference is that this one is more focussed on the theater scene, and less about movies. But all the elements are there, which are kind of expected. Yet this story failed to capture me and I found it down-right boring.
A major issue I hade is that the characters are too good to be true, and everything is amazing, and everyone is at a minimum gorgeous and nothing is happening besides the requisite stormy romance, the inevitable break-up and the getting back together. (which, I admit, is a staple in romance, and I really shouldn't be expecting anything else). And, because it's required, the award ceremony, which we can't possible do without. That's fine, but there's a distcinct lack of the witty banter that defines Ms. Braydens later works, and I didn't really like the protagonists. Even the supporting cast didn't add anything.
If this is your first foray in Ms. Brayden's work (or the lesbian actresses genre) don't give up because I think it sucks, because I genuinly enjoyed the novels that came after it. I can honestly say I wish I hadn't read it.
To get to the point: this book is so very formulaic in the lesbian actresses genre, it's almost painfull. And that's coming from someone who, not long ago, gushed over the four books he read in the same genre. The only difference is that this one is more focussed on the theater scene, and less about movies. But all the elements are there, which are kind of expected. Yet this story failed to capture me and I found it down-right boring.
A major issue I hade is that the characters are too good to be true, and everything is amazing, and everyone is at a minimum gorgeous and nothing is happening besides the requisite stormy romance, the inevitable break-up and the getting back together. (which, I admit, is a staple in romance, and I really shouldn't be expecting anything else). And, because it's required, the award ceremony, which we can't possible do without. That's fine, but there's a distcinct lack of the witty banter that defines Ms. Braydens later works, and I didn't really like the protagonists. Even the supporting cast didn't add anything.
If this is your first foray in Ms. Brayden's work (or the lesbian actresses genre) don't give up because I think it sucks, because I genuinly enjoyed the novels that came after it. I can honestly say I wish I hadn't read it.