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Smashwords book reviews by Dynila
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Timeless Trilogy, Book One: Fate
on Feb. 02, 2012
*** D I S C L O S U R E *** I received a copy of this book for free to review. Pretty good formatting and spell checking for an indie e-book -- I was pleasantly surprised. The story is fairly predictable, but in romance that's not really a minus -- girl meets boy, they face adversity/are separated (bonus -- this had BOTH these plot points!), they overcome, they live happily ever after in a committed relationship. The writing was good enough that I only noticed ~the writing~ once or twice. My issue with most indie books is that the writing is bad enough to make me notice the words rather than the story. This book didn't suffer from that. I did think it could stand to be a little longer, and the foreshadowing of the romances to come in the other two books of the trilogy was a bit heavy-handed at times. All in all, a fluffy, fun little romance for fans of old-school Harlequin romances; sex is minimal and tame. Not quite enough heft to be a beach read -- more like a commuter read; something you can pick up and put down while on the train or bus and not worry about missing something if your attention occasionally wanders. I was invested enough in the characters by the end to buy the second and third books to find out what happens next. 3.5/5 (I rounded up since Smashwords won't let me give half a star).