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A review by suzyq436
The Secret One by Ruth Cardello
3.0
I loved the the second book in this series and was so excited when I was accepted to review the third book.
I have mixed feelings about this one. I adored the relationship between McKenna and Christof. I thought they made a very cute couple but certain things bothered me. Firstly, there was so much built up around the fact that they could not remember each other from their past so I would expect that when they finally do remember, it would be an important moment in the book. Nope. It was acknowledged as plainly as a character acknowledging daybreak negating the prologue altogether in my opinion.
Then I felt that this book wanted to combine so many storylines into one book that it just became too much to fit into the length of this novel causing a lack of development in McKenna and Christof's relationship. This also affected the development of the family drama regarding Dominic and the extended family in Italy. So much hype was created around this feud yet was all sorted out in a neat cookie-cutter style manner within a couple of pages..
So overall, as much as I love Christof and McKenna, this story felt like it wanted to focus on too many plotlines resulting in a lack of focus and lack of character development leaving me a little underwhelmed.
I have mixed feelings about this one. I adored the relationship between McKenna and Christof. I thought they made a very cute couple but certain things bothered me. Firstly, there was so much built up around the fact that they could not remember each other from their past so I would expect that when they finally do remember, it would be an important moment in the book. Nope. It was acknowledged as plainly as a character acknowledging daybreak negating the prologue altogether in my opinion.
Then I felt that this book wanted to combine so many storylines into one book that it just became too much to fit into the length of this novel causing a lack of development in McKenna and Christof's relationship. This also affected the development of the family drama regarding Dominic and the extended family in Italy. So much hype was created around this feud yet was all sorted out in a neat cookie-cutter style manner within a couple of pages..
So overall, as much as I love Christof and McKenna, this story felt like it wanted to focus on too many plotlines resulting in a lack of focus and lack of character development leaving me a little underwhelmed.