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Review title: Wish I could give it 0 stars...
Product review: This was an absolutely dreadful novel. It should have been rejected by the publishers. The characters are completely inconsistent; their motivations for their behavior are non-existent. It's as though Ms. Bradford started writing, had no earthly idea where the story was going, and just randomly pulled plot elements out of a hat. Why in the WORLD did she decide to turn Stevie's father-in-law into a rapist? What purpose did that serve in the story? And what about Gideon's "stalker" ex-girlfriend? What was THAT all about? I kept thinking she would be the one to hurt Chloe, but instead we get the deranged ex-husband of a minor character in the book, whom we never knew had an ex-husband in the first place. And that Nigel...who is he--Jekyll and Hyde? I could go on and on and on...Don't even think of bothering to read this book unless you just want an example of what NOT to do if you're considering writing a novel yourself.
