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Never Close Enough
by Anie Michaels
Never Close Enough by [a:Anie Michaels|7267637|Anie Michaels|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1403024238p2/7267637.jpg] was a Kindle freebie that was sitting in my e-reader for some time. I finally got around to reading it several days ago and while it was a fairly enjoyable read, there were two major things that bothered me:
1. Believability
While the storytelling itself wasn't rushed, the timeline in which the events occurred had me wondering if it was possible for everything to happen in that span of time. There have been real-life tales of love at first sight or realizing you love someone in a matter of days, so it wasn't as if I was skeptical about what happened here. Maybe I'm just a "tad" cynical. Haha.
What truly felt unbelievable was lead character Ella Sinclair's ex-boyfriend doing what he did later on in the book. It was such a turn-around from how he was presented earlier. His actions towards Ella were such a shock that I actually had one eyebrow raised in disbelief. There was nothing in the previous chapters that would have made you even suspect that he was capable of doing what he did.
Oh, and what happened later in the store? What kind of dress shop doesn't have windows?! The store could have still had windows and the person wanting to enter could have simply insisted he desperately needed to buy something by tapping on it and shouting through it. I mean, the whole scene could have been presented in a more believable manner
2. Editing
Ah yes, editing...or lack thereof in this book's case. I can usually ignore a small number of glitches, grammatically speaking, but Never Close Enough didn't seem even close to having been edited. Having too many editing issues can take away from a story, regardless of how good or promising it may be. That was what happened in this case. Had I been reading this in paperback form, I may have been tempted to grab a red pen and started making corrections.
Just to clarify, I didn't hate the book. The main characters, Ella Sinclair and Porter Masters, were interesting and pretty well-developed and the book did have promise. However, it did take me a really long while to warm up to both Ella and Porter and I did find myself starting and stopping while reading. :(
I'm giving Never Close Enough three out of five stars. Because the book did end on a cliffhanger, I simply had to read the sequel...which is my next review. :)
1. Believability
While the storytelling itself wasn't rushed, the timeline in which the events occurred had me wondering if it was possible for everything to happen in that span of time. There have been real-life tales of love at first sight or realizing you love someone in a matter of days, so it wasn't as if I was skeptical about what happened here. Maybe I'm just a "tad" cynical. Haha.
What truly felt unbelievable was lead character Ella Sinclair's ex-boyfriend doing what he did later on in the book. It was such a turn-around from how he was presented earlier. His actions towards Ella were such a shock that I actually had one eyebrow raised in disbelief. There was nothing in the previous chapters that would have made you even suspect that he was capable of doing what he did.
Oh, and what happened later in the store? What kind of dress shop doesn't have windows?! The store could have still had windows and the person wanting to enter could have simply insisted he desperately needed to buy something by tapping on it and shouting through it. I mean, the whole scene could have been presented in a more believable manner
2. Editing
Ah yes, editing...or lack thereof in this book's case. I can usually ignore a small number of glitches, grammatically speaking, but Never Close Enough didn't seem even close to having been edited. Having too many editing issues can take away from a story, regardless of how good or promising it may be. That was what happened in this case. Had I been reading this in paperback form, I may have been tempted to grab a red pen and started making corrections.
Just to clarify, I didn't hate the book. The main characters, Ella Sinclair and Porter Masters, were interesting and pretty well-developed and the book did have promise. However, it did take me a really long while to warm up to both Ella and Porter and I did find myself starting and stopping while reading. :(
I'm giving Never Close Enough three out of five stars. Because the book did end on a cliffhanger, I simply had to read the sequel...which is my next review. :)