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Lucy by Jennifer Hanks had such an odd feel for me. Lucy had just graduated with her Masters and Christian (who's age is never mentioned but has been in and out of the military) is older than her and Ben. So this should have had a more Contemporary feel. Unfortunately, it read more NA boarding on YA to me. I had several issues with this story and yet I will probably read the next one. Infer what you will about my sanity...😂
The main thing that bothered me was the fact that we get very little interaction between the two main characters. It's a bad case of "tell and not show" syndrome. Yet we are to believe that Christian and Lucy are so attracted to each other that they are tortured with it. In fact, Christian is so tortured that when he finds out that Lucy and Ben are just friends, he charges over there, lips blazing! Of course she just goes with it, barely a token resistance. When the deed is done, all of a sudden Christian pulls back, physically and emotionally, with the age old "We can't do this. I can't do this". No explanation. To Lucy or the reader.
Another problem that I had; whenever they do run into each other, Christian is backing her into things. The wall. The counter. A door. The wall again. What is up with that? For somebody who "can't do this", he does it a lot.
Lots of running away from both parties until we finally get our HEA. Jennifer Hanks left a dangling thread at the end that I will not be able to resist. Plus the series in on Kindle Unlimited. Fingers crossed that Sydney will have a better story flow!
Lucy by Jennifer Hanks had such an odd feel for me. Lucy had just graduated with her Masters and Christian (who's age is never mentioned but has been in and out of the military) is older than her and Ben. So this should have had a more Contemporary feel. Unfortunately, it read more NA boarding on YA to me. I had several issues with this story and yet I will probably read the next one. Infer what you will about my sanity...😂
The main thing that bothered me was the fact that we get very little interaction between the two main characters. It's a bad case of "tell and not show" syndrome. Yet we are to believe that Christian and Lucy are so attracted to each other that they are tortured with it. In fact, Christian is so tortured that when he finds out that Lucy and Ben are just friends, he charges over there, lips blazing! Of course she just goes with it, barely a token resistance. When the deed is done, all of a sudden Christian pulls back, physically and emotionally, with the age old "We can't do this. I can't do this". No explanation. To Lucy or the reader.
Another problem that I had; whenever they do run into each other, Christian is backing her into things. The wall. The counter. A door. The wall again. What is up with that? For somebody who "can't do this", he does it a lot.
Lots of running away from both parties until we finally get our HEA. Jennifer Hanks left a dangling thread at the end that I will not be able to resist. Plus the series in on Kindle Unlimited. Fingers crossed that Sydney will have a better story flow!
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