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Shine Not Burn
by Elle Casey
I enjoy a good “cowboy” book every once in awhile, and after reading the premise for Shine Not Burn I thought I might have a winner on my hands. And while this books is definitely not the winner I was hoping it was, it was completely awful either.
Shine Not Burn is about Andie and Gavin; two people who meet in Vegas, have insane chemistry, get drunk, and end up getting married. Problem number one is that Andie was so drunk she barely remembers Gavin, and definitely doesn’t remember marrying him. So what does she do? Leave Vegas and never talks to Gavin again. Fast forward a few years later when she goes to get a marriage license only to find out she is already married.
Now, I am all for a good romance. And by that I mean, romances aren’t always to best books ever written. There is usually a lot of issues with the book and the writing tends to be not so great, but I enjoy them and they make me happy. However Shine Not Burn lacked one fundamental romance rule…the main characters had very little involvement with each other. I was half way though the book and Andie had spent more time with his mother than him. How is that a good thing ever?
I think Andie and Gavin’s relationship should have been more of a focal point, since you know the book is about them. When Andie and Gavin were in the same scene all they were doing is having sex. I know the sexy bits are a big part of romance, but come on. Let the characters actually build a relationship that doesn’t consist of taking their clothes off.
There were some other issues I had with this book, including Andie being probably the dumbest “smart” person I’ve read in a while. A note to authors: When a character doesn’t something that contradicts everything you said that character was about, it’s not believable and it’s usually very annoying.
I’ve given Shine Not Burn three stars, and I think that might be me being a little generous. I did enjoy some parts of this book, but overall was kinda disappointed.
Shine Not Burn is about Andie and Gavin; two people who meet in Vegas, have insane chemistry, get drunk, and end up getting married. Problem number one is that Andie was so drunk she barely remembers Gavin, and definitely doesn’t remember marrying him. So what does she do? Leave Vegas and never talks to Gavin again. Fast forward a few years later when she goes to get a marriage license only to find out she is already married.
Now, I am all for a good romance. And by that I mean, romances aren’t always to best books ever written. There is usually a lot of issues with the book and the writing tends to be not so great, but I enjoy them and they make me happy. However Shine Not Burn lacked one fundamental romance rule…the main characters had very little involvement with each other. I was half way though the book and Andie had spent more time with his mother than him. How is that a good thing ever?
I think Andie and Gavin’s relationship should have been more of a focal point, since you know the book is about them. When Andie and Gavin were in the same scene all they were doing is having sex. I know the sexy bits are a big part of romance, but come on. Let the characters actually build a relationship that doesn’t consist of taking their clothes off.
There were some other issues I had with this book, including Andie being probably the dumbest “smart” person I’ve read in a while. A note to authors: When a character doesn’t something that contradicts everything you said that character was about, it’s not believable and it’s usually very annoying.
I’ve given Shine Not Burn three stars, and I think that might be me being a little generous. I did enjoy some parts of this book, but overall was kinda disappointed.