Broken Elements

This what happens when you base your choices on appearances. I confess that I purchased this book merely on the fact that Franggy Yanez is the cover model. Alas that's the best thing about this book.

I always hesitate to say that a book is awful because my poison may be someone else's nectar and as far as the theme of this book I'll acknowledge that I'm not heavily into the so-sad-and-broken theme but I'm not averse to it either. My problem is with the uncommitted & lackluster execution.

The dialogue in this book seems lifted from a combination of self-help books and rejected Hallmark cards, the setting is Hollywood stock small town complete with hateful and judgy book-club ladies, wise-beyond their years kids and that current favorite: the über sassy best friend with zero verbal filter but a heart of gold. And then the wheels really come off both MC are widowed by the same accident which it turns out was caused by a guy suffering from the unrequited blues .

In the end none of this would have been so bad as I've traveled to crazy town often enough and enjoyed it but this didn't even provide that kind of fun. It was an overdose of sweet and I just didn't buy into the love story or the authenticity of the sorrow that came before.

But that cover though sigh