As far as her usual fare, it was a nice little romance. I won’t go into some of my problems with her, because I’ve expressed them before and Price hasn’t changed. Since I don’t expect her to, I take it for what it is. That said, Price left the story undercut this time. Kate was a doormat for most of it and there wasn’t really any character development for anyone. I don’t call Kate a doormat because she whines and cries all the time — she doesn’t get emotional (except for occasionally crying). I call her a doormat because she gets manipulated so often and is constantly trying to make everyone around her happy to the point that she ignores any of her negative emotions. When her boyfriend treats her badly, she wonders what she could change so he won’t be upset, rather than asking what’s really going on.
Things ended well but I’m left feeling meh. The hero was a nice guy and I’m glad he got the girl, but I wish there had been more development of the characters and events. Scoring it any lower doesn’t feel right, but there was some lazy formulaic writing going on in this one. There were also threads left dangling that didn’t need to be left. There should have been at least another chapter showing them with their happily ever after, so we could see the hero happy and so we could see the villain suffer. We got a few glimpses from Adam’s perspective and it would have been a nice way to fill out the story to a satisfying conclusion, rather than an expected one. Plus, the resolution felt a little out of character for both of them. It also would have been nice to see more of the Bishop. He wasn’t the typical gruff leader who only cared about the ordnung. He seemed genuinely concerned about Kate and her family and what happened. Most of the characters — her family, the hero — felt very underdeveloped. This story has potential, but sadly it fell short.
2.5 out of 5 stars
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