Eugenie Seifer Olson

I absolutley adored this book! It had the right elements of a book I love and the story was suprisingly fresh and different from other love stories I have read. I must admit I did buy this book because I feel in love with the cover, but once I read the book I was glad I had picked it. There is very little popular stories about photographers and I found it interesting that there was finally a good one. Although I did not like the affair between the the main character and her boss, those parts kept me interested in the story and kept me wondering what was to happen between the two.… (more)

As a general rule - I love a local book.

I must have known that this book was set in the Boston area when I first got it but I had totally forgotten and was surprised and delighted when I first opened it to find all sorts of familiar places mentioned.

For me - that turned out to be the best thing about it.

I made it through the whole novel but it was kind of a slog.
This is a novel that depends so much on the reader being invested in and sympathetic towards the main character Iley. I just didnt feel any fondness at all towards her. She had the mentality of a teenager through much of the book that just didn't jive with her actual age (30 something) and what we are given of her backstory.
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I found her constant " look at me I'm so wicked alternative" commentary was tedious. I haven't heard someone prattle on about their crazy fluevogs since I was 15. Her character just didn't ring true to me.

Withougt a powerful protagonist to propel the plot- I found the story lacking in the necessary drama it needed to engage me as a reader.… (more)