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A review by ec_newman
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
Did not finish book.
I think out of the three New Adult books I've read, the only one that was solid was Losing it.
I got 20% through this. I don't want to bash or be cruel or anything like that because it's hard to write books. I know. But at the same time, it's frustrating to see a book that could have been great, but suffers from a plethora of issues.
I like romance. Truthfully. I like the idea of two broken people finding each other. I don't like when the writing is awkward and stiff and the problems/angst seem to be thrown in as mere layers to make the characters seem more multi-dimensional. That is what this felt like.
And sometimes, I'm interested enough in the characters to look over perhaps not the best writing (who am I to judge on that? I'm not overly impressive). But the characterization wasn't strong enough to pull me in. Kayden's interest in Callie seemed forced. I just...I'm sorry to the author, but I was really disappointed. I wanted to like it. I certainly didn't go into reading it overly critical, but the first page worried me with the little 'philosophical' thought about coincidence. It just didn't ring true.
I got 20% through this. I don't want to bash or be cruel or anything like that because it's hard to write books. I know. But at the same time, it's frustrating to see a book that could have been great, but suffers from a plethora of issues.
I like romance. Truthfully. I like the idea of two broken people finding each other. I don't like when the writing is awkward and stiff and the problems/angst seem to be thrown in as mere layers to make the characters seem more multi-dimensional. That is what this felt like.
And sometimes, I'm interested enough in the characters to look over perhaps not the best writing (who am I to judge on that? I'm not overly impressive). But the characterization wasn't strong enough to pull me in. Kayden's interest in Callie seemed forced. I just...I'm sorry to the author, but I was really disappointed. I wanted to like it. I certainly didn't go into reading it overly critical, but the first page worried me with the little 'philosophical' thought about coincidence. It just didn't ring true.