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A review by daniellesshelves12
Line by Line by Jennifer Delamere
2.0
I was sadly disappointed with this story. Not the story itself, I guess, but the predictability. I felt like I knew what was going to happen before it happened. I give books four chapters to hook me. In this book, I gave it four chapters and was aching to end it.
I liked the characters well enough. Alice was someone I could relate to. She had big dreams and didn't want to conform to what others thought she should do. Getting married and just staying home wasn't something she was interested in. This I loved about her. I've always believed in living the life you want to live, or more like letting God direct when things will happen, not forcing it like it seems others in her life had.
Douglas Shaw was likeable, and I didn't really find too much fault with him. Just the overall attraction between characters was bleh.
I felt like it was inevitable that Shaw would fall for Alice and while it's a love story, I would have liked for there to have been some kind of suspense. She went from not caring what men thought to blushing at the mere thought of Shaw's face? No. Nope. Not how real life works. Again, I know its a story but come on. Just a little bit of *surprise* would have been much appreciated. I guess that I just feel this book is too sappy for me. It had too much instant attraction, not enough back story to focus on.
Sadly, I won't request to review another book by this author. Maybe someone else that requests it will like the extreme predictable romance aspects.
I liked the characters well enough. Alice was someone I could relate to. She had big dreams and didn't want to conform to what others thought she should do. Getting married and just staying home wasn't something she was interested in. This I loved about her. I've always believed in living the life you want to live, or more like letting God direct when things will happen, not forcing it like it seems others in her life had.
Douglas Shaw was likeable, and I didn't really find too much fault with him. Just the overall attraction between characters was bleh.
I felt like it was inevitable that Shaw would fall for Alice and while it's a love story, I would have liked for there to have been some kind of suspense. She went from not caring what men thought to blushing at the mere thought of Shaw's face? No. Nope. Not how real life works. Again, I know its a story but come on. Just a little bit of *surprise* would have been much appreciated. I guess that I just feel this book is too sappy for me. It had too much instant attraction, not enough back story to focus on.
Sadly, I won't request to review another book by this author. Maybe someone else that requests it will like the extreme predictable romance aspects.