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I want to say this is more of a 3.5 stars book. I oscillated between "meh," and "this is pretty good," at different parts of the book but the balance was fairly even.
This book was entertaining but it did fall short of the mark in some aspects. I will say that I did not see the ending coming, so thumbs up there, although that may be because it was such a long time in doing so. I feel the author wrote several good scenes and then tried to fit them all in, and while several wound up tying in quite well at the end others were unnecessary and could have been cut to keep the pacing up.
I actually enjoyed the main story far more than the romance aspect. I feel like the author did a pretty good job capturing the vague unease of an old thriller novel. In fact, had the romance been played down and the novel focused more on the main plot this could easily have been a 4 star book! The sex scenes seemed shoehorned in and while they weren't poorly written (no "love juices" or "weeping flower" crap here, thank god,) I still found myself almost skimming them to get to the next part of the story.
The characters were fun at first but didn't really develop through the novel. That said, it's a romance novel, so I didn't go into it expecting an epic tale. It was fun, and the characters escaped many of the same writing and characterization pitfalls that make me so reluctant to read this genre.
I can't say I adored this novel but I also didn't find myself rolling my eyes and exclaiming, "Really?" which I usually do with this sort of book. Overall, this was a fun read and while it had its flaws I did enjoy reading it. I think I'd read another book by Ms. Quick if I came across it in a similar fashion to this one.
This book was entertaining but it did fall short of the mark in some aspects. I will say that I did not see the ending coming, so thumbs up there, although that may be because it was such a long time in doing so. I feel the author wrote several good scenes and then tried to fit them all in, and while several wound up tying in quite well at the end others were unnecessary and could have been cut to keep the pacing up.
I actually enjoyed the main story far more than the romance aspect. I feel like the author did a pretty good job capturing the vague unease of an old thriller novel. In fact, had the romance been played down and the novel focused more on the main plot this could easily have been a 4 star book! The sex scenes seemed shoehorned in and while they weren't poorly written (no "love juices" or "weeping flower" crap here, thank god,) I still found myself almost skimming them to get to the next part of the story.
The characters were fun at first but didn't really develop through the novel. That said, it's a romance novel, so I didn't go into it expecting an epic tale. It was fun, and the characters escaped many of the same writing and characterization pitfalls that make me so reluctant to read this genre.
I can't say I adored this novel but I also didn't find myself rolling my eyes and exclaiming, "Really?" which I usually do with this sort of book. Overall, this was a fun read and while it had its flaws I did enjoy reading it. I think I'd read another book by Ms. Quick if I came across it in a similar fashion to this one.