Mixed Feelings
I love chick lit. And I was ready for a fix of it, considering that my last few reads have been about sex, sex, and, you guessed it, more sex. So I downloaded this freebie and was on my way.
I was ready for light and frothy, but there was something about this read that felt off for me. And I almost nearly stopped reading early on. But people that know me know I power through to the bitter end of everything, so I kept going.
It did get better, and there were some bright parts, but overall this wasn't what I wanted it to be.
My biggest issue with the plot itself was that I felt Lucy was entirely too young to be in the conundrum she found herself: three true loves of her life and being unable to choose. Seriously. She's not even legal drinking age. Had Lucy been thirty or so, this would have been easier for me to swallow.
The execution also left a lot to be desired. Lucy spent a lot of time flashing back to the past to recount falling in love with these men. So much so that it was disconcerting to actually be in the present, which didn't happen all that much.
Technically, the manuscript could have used a good once over. Punctuation, especially in quotations, and synonyms were a major stumbling block. I am horribly picky about that kind of thing, and it drove me crazy to see two different people speaking in the same paragraph.
I did enjoy the fact that Lucy wasn't entirely a spoiled rich girl. Her time at her family's ranch showed her love for horses and her ability to get her hands dirty and help out with chores. And I liked that she respected the hired help and treated them as family.
In the end, Lucy does make a decision, and there is quite a bit of drama before the happy ever after. For all the shortcomings that I struggled through, this one ended on a good note.