Mostly Spoiler free review but little tidbits of information will be included to solidify my review.
I had high hopes for this novel, but I found too many faults to enjoy the novel fully. My biggest issue was that the ending was too abrupt and felt very rushed. Additionally, the chapters were too short with too many internal breaks that cumulated to a very disjointed story. The characters development was very sparse even for the main character. There should have been more meat added to the back story of Vita to help us build a connection with her.
There were a couple of interesting characters in the book, and I would have like to see more of them, but this was not so. The overall plot felt very rushed even though the book was over 300 pages. I do like the premise of the story, but it fell short on its delivery.
The writing was a bit juvenile and simplistic which made it impossible to delve and get lost in the book.
As I have mentioned before, the ending was the biggest let down for me in that, I was not very surprised by the ending, and I was left feeling unmoved and not really looking forward to the next book.
Alert: mild spoiler ahead!!!
The best part of the book, for me, were all the scenes with Vita and James, you can tell that he loves her from both his covert and overt behaviors. Vita feelings for James is believable in that it wasn't an instant love connection but that she acknowledges that she could develop something deeper for him if given time.
I think the author as great potential, and I would read other books by her, but this one fell short of the mark.
I am giving this book 3 stars for its potential to become something better if the author spends more time on fully developing her characters and giving them more personality (hopefully this will be done in the next book).
A copy of this book was provided to me in return for an honest review.
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