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OMG I'm in the middle of the book right now and I'm seriosuly struggling to get through it. I still feel they jumped in the bed too soon but that's just me. So I'm in the grocery store in the magazine section and I see this book so I said "Why not." and bought it. I started backwards in reading the trilogy. If you like a slow, extremely boring read then this will do it for you. Taken By Storm was the exact same way but at least they had interesting and fun dialog and took the time to get to know one another.
I'm not a fan of the "lust at first sight" kind of books and then the love comes in AFTER they sleep together and that's exactly what this one is.
Ms.
That's not love, that's lust.
I read Taken by storm first and LOVED IT.
Love at first sight doesn't mean you have to sleep with that person the same day.
Alers repeats a lot of the same dialog throughout the book which is irritating and there are countless other boring "scenes" that just don't interest me as a reader.
I'm forcing myself to get through this book.
I digress.
I still can't believe I paid money for this one.UGH.
I appreciate a love story that is a REAL love story, with no crazy dramatics, just people falling in love. I needed a book to read on a plane -- long flight there and back -- and I picked this one because I am getting married myself. I thought the story was really cute -- I wish they made black movies like this. If you enjoy black romance without the ghettofabulousness, this is the book for you.
Ms Alers has a lot of good books under her belt - e.g The Hideaway series, however this is not one of them. Considering this is the first of a trilogy better to borrow from a library than purchase. I started this last week and I'm struggling to finish the last few pages - yes it's that boring. If it was a first novel I would give it 5 out of 10, but for an experience writer its almost below par.
It was more of the author telling us why they feel this way and what happened between them, and less of her showing us what happened while it was happening. I've looked forward to reading it ever since I read the reviews on here, however it bored me nearly to tears. We should have gotten to experience these sometime awkward moments between a new couple together. I didn't sense any spark in their relationship and I don't remember any details about either one of their lives or personalities other than him being abandoned by his mother (which we're told several times) or her getting involved with the wrong guy.
Also, his family is very multicultural but we're never told what race/culture all of these people come from. While these were important to know since it gives the reader insight as to why they feel the way they feel about love, I don't remember them learning anything quirky or anything even remotely natural for people to learn about each other. They supposedly talked on the phone a whole lot, but we never get to know anything said in their conversations. I hate to be in the minority but I didn't really care for this book. I'll most likely try and read the other two books in the series just because I want to find out what happens with Tessa's sister and cousin, I just hope they aren't as boring as this one. I was confused at times because in one paragraph they would be going to bed at his house, but in the next paragraph she would be home alone and we'd just have to assume that they'd gotten up, did their morning rituals, he'd driven her home, etc.
Too much focus was put on small details of their careers. We didn't need to hear about his cases, other than the one that causes him to be mildly injured, and we didn't need to know about every single event she was planning to the very last detail.
Also wanted to add that maybe you'll like this book since so many others did. I didn't find their relationship to be as wondrous as they must have found it or as believable as they did.
I only remember sometimes being told only their hair color. An example being that in one part of the book we are told he bought her breakfast in bed the next morning, but I feel that we would have gotten a better glimpse into their affection for each other had we had gotten to experience their first breakfast together along with them.
Also, I didn't like the transitions in this book. It was hard for me to draw any images of what some characters looked like at all.
It wasn't the worst book ever written, it just wasn't as believable or as easy to follow as I would have liked it to be.
My fellow readers get this novel because I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it. You'll like the characters, the storyline, Ms. Alers' descriptions of scenery and food.although they eat too much(smile).
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