Redesigning
Fate
The Revive Series
Book
#1
A.M.
Wilson
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 22, 2015
ISBN: 978-1514252741
ASIN: B00YHNO5BG
Pages: 368
Goodreads Rating: 4.07
My Rating: 3.5/4.0
Book
Description:
I left
everything behind in order to be free. I should have known better than to think
it would be so easy. All it took was one day at my new job.
He came
for me.
I used a
stranger to deter him, and in doing so, realized my heart began to beat again.
Elias Brooks put me back together after Travis Dawson tore me apart. Travis
makes it everybody's business that I belong to him, including Elias, but he
couldn’t be more wrong.
He’s
stalking me.
I’m
afraid he’s come back to hurt me again. He promises he’s not.
Travis
pleads he’s only trying to keep me safe from none other than Elias.
Who do I
trust?
Fate led
me down the wrong path before. Who’s to say it won’t happen again?
My
Take:
Generally speaking, I really enjoyed this book. I
found the subject matter to be different and somewhat realistic. It was pretty faced
paced and never really dull. The steamy scenes were abundant and well written
and I liked the romance.
I also liked most of the characters! I found them
developed and straight forward with no hidden agenda. They were very 'what you
see its what you get'. Unfortunately, I found the main character Marlena very
childish and bratty. I wanted to like her, I love the romance she has with
Elias but on her own she's really annoying and frustrating. She's constantly
worried that her "baggage and situation" will drive Elias away but
really it's how she acts. At least that's my opinion. And one particular scene
she worried about going to the cops and mentions her fear that Elias will pull
away due to her situation, but the way she interacts with him and her snapping
is really what would drive him away. I found her be a very unlikeable character
most times.
I had no such problem with any of the other
characters which made it very hard for me to root for her. It was merely her
romance with Elias and her friendship with Carly that was her saving grace.
But to be fair, there were some moments that I did
like her. And other, where I understood her motivations.
I think, the use of a foreshadowing Prologue was
really clever. What I didn't like was a lot of the inconsistencies. Since this
is an arc copy, I try not to review based off of grammatical errors, but a lot
of them or glaringly obvious. Word usage and sentence structures were flimsy
and made the story hard to follow at times but when they were on point the story
flowed.
It's obvious in the synopsis and I was hoping that
was a fluke(as I've come across other books with this similar problem) and for
the most part while I was still in the beginning I felt I was right. It was
towards the middle to the end of the book that the errors were too constant and
obvious.
I also felt a little lost with the passage of time.
The way most of the chapters are written, there is a slight jump in time and
normally that isn't a deterrent but I kept getting a little lost and having to
re-read it. My suggestion is that the author use some sort of visual indicator
such as asterisks or dashes between the paragraphs to queue the readers to the
time change. That would have helped the flow of the story in terms of how a
reader interprets them.
Also, slight note that does not affect the review.
As a person who loves wine, I was slightly peeved at the mention of Malbec
being in the fridge. The time frame was not specified but based of Marlena's
account it was earlier in the day one can only assume that it was more than 30
mins. That's a full bodied wine you don't drink it cold, just slighlty below
room temp. :)
3.5/4.0
Quills
It was a unique romance and had a solid plot even if
the execution was not flawless. For the most part, I enjoyed it and think other
readers will as well. My biggest complaint was the heroine who came off as
rude, childish and bratty at most times instead of what I can only assume the
author meant to be a snarky and witty character. Be warned that this is written
more like a long 'serial' and does end on a very daunting cliff hanger so many
if not all of your questions will be left unanswered.
I'll likely be picking up book 2 because I did enjoy
this story for the most part and I would like to know more about the characters
and to see how this story will play out.
About
The Author
A.M. Wilson fell in love with writing in second
grade when she won a young writers’ contest. She spent the years following
carrying around a spiral notebook, which she filled with poetry and short
stories detailing the dramatics of being a young girl. When she hit her college
years, she set the notebooks down and fell in love with reading romance novels.
She may have attended college four separate times in four different fields, but
always knew in her heart writing was her true passion. She grew up in Duluth,
Minnesota and spent her summers in the cold waters of Lake Superior, but
relocated to the Twin Cities with the love of her life and has two spirited
children who make her world go round.
“I
received a free copy of the book from the author/publisher for my honest
opinion. I was in no way compensated for this review and all opinions are
expressly my own”
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