Behaving badly Book

Another offering from my neighborhood Street Library. I was in the mood for something fun and easy to read. This was not it.

First, the mechanics: This book needed some decent editing. Overuse of ellipses, missed quote marks, head hopping within paragraphs, missing words, wrong verb tenses, the overuse of adverbs - come on! Show us how people feel or sound. These things interrupted the flow of the read. Then there is the actual content.

The lead character was one-dimensional, even a bit unlikable. The premise that she was an animal behaviourist started out interesting, but became just a way to extend the word count. Miranda's inner thoughts were another word count extender that just got in the way. That said, they did underline our heroine's selfishness.

There were too many story lines here, most of them shrouded in unnecessary mystery: Daisy's love life, Miranda's parents and the llamas, DJ White, Jimmy. Most of this was easy to figure out and more than that? Who cared?

Finally, though of course I knew it was coming, the HEA and getting there would have made a better story. David just came around and it was all rosy?

This book didn't have much to recommend it, I'm afraid. Even for a romance. I didn't expect or want much. I was left wanting, expectations as low as they were went unmet.