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No Tan Lines (2012)

by Kate Angell(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0758269196 (ISBN13: 9780758269195)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Kensington Pub Corp

series

Barefoot William

review 1: Originally posted on Sarahsbookshelf.com:This summer I’ve had only a little time for free reading due to a crazy school schedule. I’ve been super-picky about what I’ve given myself for fun reading, often giving some books less of a shot than I typically do. Today’s book by Kate Angell unfortunately fell into the category of DNF. I hate giving books negative reviews, but this book had a few too many ups and downs for me to continue.The story followed a long feud between two families in a small beachfront community in Florida. The Cates family is the hard-working side that owns the fun, family-friendly side of the beach front property. The Saunders family owns the ritzy side. These two families continue their disdain for each other until a volleyball tournament force... mores Shaye Cates to ask a Saunders for a favor–their beachfront. Never one to miss a business opportunity, Trace Saunders ends up taking further advantage of her situation by forcing her to rent family property to one of his ex-girlfriends trying to start a jewelry business.I stopped reading about 60 pages from the end because I was so frustrated about how many different story-lines I was following. We start out with the hero/heroine of the book, Shaye and Trace, who have a fun, sparring relationship, built on years of loathing and family feuding. These two are so much fun to watch that I ended up getting really frustrated when the story was shifted to first Shaye’s cousin, Kai, then to her brother, Dune. I didn’t feel like there was enough of a foundation for the original two characters for us to be moving between multiple stories in a 260 page book. Plus, by the time we got to Dune I was just irritated that there was so much discussion about the family feud, but no information as to why it even existed.I’ve read this author before and really like her writing. I’m probably going to skip the second story in this series, No Strings Attached, because I’m not really interested at how the story ends at this point. Angell’s writing and characters are fun, and I love family feuds as much as the next reader, but I need a little more consistency about who I’m reading when I pick up a book. This has happened with other stories by this author. I’ll give her another shot in the future, but this series is one I’ll skip.
review 2: This was one of those books I just couldn't get interested in and couldn't finish. The storyline was so simplistic and the characters did not act like they owned a major chunk of real estate and trying to plan ways to increase revenue to their large corporations. Instead the characters felt like they were teens still arguing over homecoming parties or something trivial. Shaye still having hard feelings because Trace stole her cousin's girlfriend in high school was immature and their relationship didn't feel like it ever left high school. Also the fact that the author tried to describe Shaye's emotions by relating everything to her mood ring added to the high school/teen feel of these already immature characters. Overall I just couldn't get into the book and after about 1/4 of the way finished I gave up on it. less

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