Katie (katiebug11) - , reviewed on + 12 more book reviews
I can't take it anymore! Let me preface this review by saying 1. I never write a review for a book I haven't finished (and generally have a complex about "being a quitter" so ill muddle through- just to get it over with if it's not a great book) 2. Although I am college educated, I overuse punctuation and many times rely on auto-correct the way people of my generation often do. However, I think when you WRITE A BOOK you should be grammatically correct and string sentences together intelligently! I cannot finish this book....I will commit to updating this review after sleeping on it, if I decide to give it another try.
I am ashamed to admit that I am only on page 54 and just can't stand it. Sentences are long, run on and lack commas & punctuation, forcing me to reread the same passages after inserting a mental comma when it doesn't make sense. Paragraphs are overly wordy and honestly I couldn't understand any of the conversation that took place as they were traveling up this mountain. And no, it wasn't because of the time period...I knew what a "litter" was before they described it and I favor historical romances set in this time period...usually set in England though.
The repetitive descriptions/wording are also incredibly annoying and I don't understand the authors use of then. Will is referred to as a "no-account Beatty boy" so many times I wanted to scream...we get it! Actually I think I'm going to use the kindle search to check just how many.....
I'm really sorry that I am issuing such a bad review after not giving it a full chance, so to speak. However this book was highly recommended, and I thoroughly enjoy reading....but that doesn't mean I have tons of time to do it. I don't want others wasting time and money if the things I mentioned will bother you too. If you don't mind it, give it a try....it's received other great reviews..(were they paid? Lol..just kidding).
PS...39 " no account Beaty boy's" in the book, 39!!...8 in the first 53 pages....really?! He has a freaking name...and we get it...
UPDATE: 4 days later....
Ok, so I managed to muddle through the rest and stand behind my two stars. While I give the author credit for a story that is very creative and a different story line than any other book I've read (props for originality) I still can't get over the way this book is written-to the point it makes it unenjoyable.
Aside from the issues listed above, the author also writes many passages in two different characters voices that can make conversations hard to follow. For example and along the lines of:
"Did you ever ask her", she said
"I didn't have to"', he replied
"It was the same as you knew about me?" . His eyes narrowed. "Yes it was the same.". Rhyne nodded slowly. " Did you see me coming down the ridge?".
I guess all in all the story wasn't good enough to make me overlook these things and want me to be vested in the book. Cole and Rhynes love story was lacking as well which is a huge con for a romance novel. Even the epilogue is weirdly anticlimactic. Given the potential this book had in terms of storyline and the length of the book which allowed for a lot of development and progression, I thought that it fell flat and was not a keeper.
I am ashamed to admit that I am only on page 54 and just can't stand it. Sentences are long, run on and lack commas & punctuation, forcing me to reread the same passages after inserting a mental comma when it doesn't make sense. Paragraphs are overly wordy and honestly I couldn't understand any of the conversation that took place as they were traveling up this mountain. And no, it wasn't because of the time period...I knew what a "litter" was before they described it and I favor historical romances set in this time period...usually set in England though.
The repetitive descriptions/wording are also incredibly annoying and I don't understand the authors use of then. Will is referred to as a "no-account Beatty boy" so many times I wanted to scream...we get it! Actually I think I'm going to use the kindle search to check just how many.....
I'm really sorry that I am issuing such a bad review after not giving it a full chance, so to speak. However this book was highly recommended, and I thoroughly enjoy reading....but that doesn't mean I have tons of time to do it. I don't want others wasting time and money if the things I mentioned will bother you too. If you don't mind it, give it a try....it's received other great reviews..(were they paid? Lol..just kidding).
PS...39 " no account Beaty boy's" in the book, 39!!...8 in the first 53 pages....really?! He has a freaking name...and we get it...
UPDATE: 4 days later....
Ok, so I managed to muddle through the rest and stand behind my two stars. While I give the author credit for a story that is very creative and a different story line than any other book I've read (props for originality) I still can't get over the way this book is written-to the point it makes it unenjoyable.
Aside from the issues listed above, the author also writes many passages in two different characters voices that can make conversations hard to follow. For example and along the lines of:
"Did you ever ask her", she said
"I didn't have to"', he replied
"It was the same as you knew about me?" . His eyes narrowed. "Yes it was the same.". Rhyne nodded slowly. " Did you see me coming down the ridge?".
I guess all in all the story wasn't good enough to make me overlook these things and want me to be vested in the book. Cole and Rhynes love story was lacking as well which is a huge con for a romance novel. Even the epilogue is weirdly anticlimactic. Given the potential this book had in terms of storyline and the length of the book which allowed for a lot of development and progression, I thought that it fell flat and was not a keeper.
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