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This book is so bad I couldn't finish it. The situations in the book and the actions of the characters are unbelievable. The protagonist, a woman whose husband died on their honeymoon, makes snap judgments about people and events and then is upset and confused when people doubt her conclusions. For example, after coming home after the accident, based on no evidence whatsoever, she decides that her husband must have been murdered, basically because the husband had promised to never leave her. Similarly, Skye creates a one dimensional, bizarrely antagonistic family of the deceased husband, who think and act ridiculously, in order to add tension to the story. Moreover, the writing is seriously flawed. Scenes and thoughts jump around in no understandable order. One specific event really irritated me; in the first few chapters, on two occasions, the protagonist recounts her thoughts about the time when she met her husband-to-be and, in describing g him, Skye writes the exact same sentence twice. Further, the editing needs work, especially with the punctuation, which sounds silly, but is seriously annoying. In short, the writing style and characterization are trite and immature. This feels like something written by an unsophisticated, inexperienced high school sophomore. It got to the point where I just didn't care what happened next and I stopped reading, something that I have never done before. Don't waste your time with this drivel.
March 2016 · Kindle Store · verified purchase