Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I think Miss Minger fell in love with the Taming of the Shrew as a child and has never progressed beyond it. Both books of hers that I have read were very much based on TOTS. I really didn't enjoy this book at all. First and foremost, Corie (our Heroine) is a foul mouthed B! She has no redeeming qualities what-so-ever. Temper tantrums for no reason. Jumps to conclusions, and they are *always* bad (and wrong). She is *always* angry, about everything, even when there is no reason. If she's not angry, she's making things up in her head so she can BE angry. She’s not just angry, she’s screaming about it. Donovan (our Hero) is an unstable door mat. First he is amused, then sarcastic, then angry, then storming off...all in the first scene with the heroine (actually, throughout the entire book, any scene he's in can be described that way)...not that I blame him for leaving, because she's (once again) a foul-mouthed B. He spends the entire book letting her accuse him of the most horrendous things and *never* corrects her. He keeps telling her they need to talk, but they *never* do! So they spend the entire book screaming at each other, spewing hatred. And, be there no mistake, the words used between the two cross the line into hatred. They literally hate each other. This is no 'Taming of the Shrew', this is 'Apocalypse Now'. And, of course, they end up together, but the hatred portrayed in the book is not something *anyone* could over-come. The heroine's father is portrayed as a dementia patent, too far gone to be left alone, and yet is constantly left alone. He wanders away; she's worried and wants to follow him but gets sidetracked with her angry screaming match with our hero. They storm out and dear old dad is still out there wandering about. He spends his time either crying or digging holes. No one seems to care enough to find out why. She only seems worried about her father when it can help the plot. The villain comes out of nowhere, so randomly does he appear that is seems Miss Minger gets two-thirds of the way through the book and realizes she forgot to talk about him. So, boom, we have a villain. And his reasons for going after them are just ludicrous. Don't waste your time or money...I wish I hadn't.