Scars from her first love and the reckless
lifestyle of her parents force Ember Harris to chart a new course. She favors
practicality over spontaneity and rules over a broken heart.
An encounter with a musician at a local pub
forces Ember into making a decision to let go or hold on for dear life as
passions are unlocked and deceptions revealed.
Unfortunately, I can sum up my feelings for this in three words: not a fan.
The story line is: Princeton Girl
meets Super-Hot Musician Guy at the bar. They sing together. They immediately
fall in love.
That’s it. There’s the plot.
Okay, fine, there is slight drama
mixed in (and I do mean slight) but
overall, that is the whole story and unfortunately, it just wasn’t very good in
my opinion. The romance was soooo rushed.
I’m not a huge fan of love-at-first-sight romances, but there are some
instances where they work, i.e. Callum
& Harper. This one just didn’t do anything for me. They are head over
heels in love after about 5 days into their “perfect” ten days together. Seriously? Come on…seriously?! She has probably had milk in
her refrigerator for longer than she’s known this dude! GAH! I also take issue
with the fact that they were “ten days of perfect”, because it didn’t seem
anywhere near perfect. With all of her internal and external back and forth arguments about her feelings for him,
the issue of his/her job interfering, issues with her ex…I can
say with all certainty that is not 10 days of perfect.
I didn’t feel anything between Bo
and Ember – no butterflies, no tingles and jingles – nothing. Their romance
felt forced and unfortunately, a little flat. I didn’t find myself rooting for
them like crazy, or even necessarily caring if they ended up together or not,
which really bums me out.
OH GOD. And the cheesiness was
so ridiculous that it wasn’t even romantic; it was funny. Here is just one,
tiny example:
“It wasn’t
my body he was trying to please – it was my spirit, my soul, my core.”
For real – that is an actual line
from this book. Um…yeah, I got nothin’. Just…REALLY?!
I saw so many 4 and 5 star
reviews that I thought for sure I’d dig this novel, but clearly I’m in the
minority. Maybe I got a different copy or something? (Kidding, of course.) I
wish I would have enjoyed this story as much as it seems the majority of people
did, but this was one of those novels where I was constantly checking how much I
had left. I started skimming at about 60% and didn’t stop until I hit about
90%. I haven't decided if I'll attempt the second book in this series; if I do, I doubt it will be any time soon.
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