Helpful Score: 1
I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to get through this book because it started out slow and I found it a little corny. The author, quite often, had characters do or say things that didn't jive and it was something that continued on throughout the book.
Even though the story is decent, and fast-paced, this is one of those books where I tend to get frustrated with the lead character. She is supposed to be looking for true love, yet initially she thinks the guy that she's least attracted to may be the one? Then, she's stuck in a monastery during the middle ages where she doesn't think it prudent to be careful about how she acts or what she says. I don't know about other readers, but if it were me and as soon as I discovered the creepy abbot and his band of brain-washed followers, I'd be on my way back to the sea to take my chances. Call me crazy, but when a character is described as a smart, modern-day woman, it's annoying to see she acts like an idiot.
I also found that the parts of the plot were very Hans Christian Andersen even though the author did not acknowledge this, but instead preferred to have her heroine diss classic authors who's stories weren't like what she just experienced.
There were a lot of things in the story and the the plot that bordered on ridiculous and being too convenient (even for a fictional piece). I don't know how many times I wondered why the author didn't do a better job to insure that the story wasn't full of plot-holes. It's like she writes without sitting back and wondering if it all makes sense or that the people reading her rough draft are too nice (or oblivious) to say anything. I love stories with happy endings, but I hate when it gets to the end of a book and suddenly all the characters seem to know each other or are suddenly part of a paranormal buddy group.
Overall, if you just read it for what it is and try to not think while doing it, it's an okay story. Will I read more in this series? Only if all I have to use is a PBS credit, because I definitely wouldn't spend money on it.
Even though the story is decent, and fast-paced, this is one of those books where I tend to get frustrated with the lead character. She is supposed to be looking for true love, yet initially she thinks the guy that she's least attracted to may be the one? Then, she's stuck in a monastery during the middle ages where she doesn't think it prudent to be careful about how she acts or what she says. I don't know about other readers, but if it were me and as soon as I discovered the creepy abbot and his band of brain-washed followers, I'd be on my way back to the sea to take my chances. Call me crazy, but when a character is described as a smart, modern-day woman, it's annoying to see she acts like an idiot.
I also found that the parts of the plot were very Hans Christian Andersen even though the author did not acknowledge this, but instead preferred to have her heroine diss classic authors who's stories weren't like what she just experienced.
There were a lot of things in the story and the the plot that bordered on ridiculous and being too convenient (even for a fictional piece). I don't know how many times I wondered why the author didn't do a better job to insure that the story wasn't full of plot-holes. It's like she writes without sitting back and wondering if it all makes sense or that the people reading her rough draft are too nice (or oblivious) to say anything. I love stories with happy endings, but I hate when it gets to the end of a book and suddenly all the characters seem to know each other or are suddenly part of a paranormal buddy group.
Overall, if you just read it for what it is and try to not think while doing it, it's an okay story. Will I read more in this series? Only if all I have to use is a PBS credit, because I definitely wouldn't spend money on it.
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