Potential not realised

This was from an experienced writer so it is surprising that this book felt desperately in need of a really good editor. The bones of the plot were really good but the final product left me feeling cheated. There was no real development in the relationship of the H and h. They became a couple pretty much immediately, notwithstanding the illogical protestations of the h that somehow she was not suppose to fall in love.

The “special abilities” were easy to interpret which meant there was no tantalising hints or any sort of mystery. Furthermore, after a while it seemed almost every character had some sort of “special ability” which conveniently developed to move the story along. The “bad guy” just came out of nowhere, with a whole back story of the trauma he had caused suddenly being slotted into the book to explain his appearance. Several other plot strands were thrown in but never developed and major issues treated with annoying brevity (adopted son reunited with parents, two strangers discovering they are brothers, several characters suddenly developing physic abilities, childhood abuse, small town bullying)

The epilogue was a blatant attempt to get the reader to buy the next book. Can I just point out to any writer who reads these reviews: If a book is good, we will buy the next one. In this case the obvious attempt to get me to read the next book was just irritating, with the last sentence adding to the irritation by introducing a mysterious new character, and announcing the arrival of even more “special abilities”.

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