I received an ARC from the Book Expo in NYC. While the rep explained this was a follow-up to a previous NYT Best selling novel, she promised I didnt have to read the first book to enjoy the second. Sounds great! The storyline sounded wonderful, pretty unique considering the overdone fantasy, werewolf, vampire, and sci-fi novels. I did no research on Mr. Wright or the Wednesday Letters and gleefully immersed myself into the Wedding Letters. Then the eye rolling began
I feel terrible saying this but the writing was flat. There was no depth, the characters were underdeveloped, and the dialog was a gag-fest. I wont give direct quotes from the book because it is an ARC, but there were some instances where the writer wrote like a man trying to think like a woman and it really failed miserably. It was honestly cringe worthy. Ack!
Maybe it was me? Perhaps it wasnt completely edited? I mean I was reading an ARC, after all. So I began reading the reviews on The Wednesday Lettershundreds of glowing reviews, all praising this effervescent story. Then I hit the one and two star ratings and BAM! No, I wasnt missing something. Many readers had similar complaints.
I wanted to love this story because there was really so much potential. But, it was laborious at best. I kept thinking to myself Why are you wasting your time reading this drivel when there are so many more interesting books on your nightstand? I hate giving up on books, I really do. And I really hate giving bad star ratings. But I have to honestly suggest passing up on this book. There are sooo many great reads out there right now, dont waste your time on this one. Sorry.
I feel terrible saying this but the writing was flat. There was no depth, the characters were underdeveloped, and the dialog was a gag-fest. I wont give direct quotes from the book because it is an ARC, but there were some instances where the writer wrote like a man trying to think like a woman and it really failed miserably. It was honestly cringe worthy. Ack!
Maybe it was me? Perhaps it wasnt completely edited? I mean I was reading an ARC, after all. So I began reading the reviews on The Wednesday Lettershundreds of glowing reviews, all praising this effervescent story. Then I hit the one and two star ratings and BAM! No, I wasnt missing something. Many readers had similar complaints.
I wanted to love this story because there was really so much potential. But, it was laborious at best. I kept thinking to myself Why are you wasting your time reading this drivel when there are so many more interesting books on your nightstand? I hate giving up on books, I really do. And I really hate giving bad star ratings. But I have to honestly suggest passing up on this book. There are sooo many great reads out there right now, dont waste your time on this one. Sorry.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read The Wednesday Letters first and directly followed with The Wedding Letters so if you have not read The Wednesday Letters, I recommend reading it prior to this one so you will have a great depiction of the characters and share in their experiences that were not explained in this sequel. I give it 5 stars.
Very good follow up to the Wednesday Letters.
