Take a Breath by Jaimie RobertsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
ARC provided by author for an honest review.
2.5 Stars
Jake and Ana are into each other, but she's his fiance's daughter? I get what the author was trying to do, but yikes! Once you get past that initial cringe factor, the story takes off. Jake and Ana seem right for each other, other than the fact that she's a mess. She cries at the drop of a hat and she doesn't know how to actually speak up for herself. She jumps to a log of conclusions and covers for the wrong people, which leads to her getting into a lot of trouble.
Also, the author really needs to either get Beta Reader to an editor before she releases the next book. I found myself distracted by sentence structure, and wording. I could tell that the author was a Brit because even her slang was European. Like the kid, Matthew, calling his friends "mates" just as an example. There were so many places where words were misspelled or using the European version, i.e. "realize" vs. "realise."
But, I liked it. Something about the story worked for me. I knew who the villain was right off and new what was going to happen at the end, but liked how the author got there. She definitely has potential, but needs help with structure, not making things so obvious and keeping out protagonist from being so whinny. I liked the mystery in the story and how Jake was so 'Caveman' Alpha, but in a way that makes you feel, as Ana's friend Jessie says, every woman would actually want even if it makes her crazy.
I would definitely give the sequel a try, but again encourage the author to use Beta Readers or pay an editor to work things out a bit more.
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