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Perfect if you're looking for an extremely quick read (under two hours quick enough for you?) that takes no brain power to process. I currently work as a barrista (99% of the reason I picked it up) and can't see any type of personality pattern in people's drink orders, so the whole idea is pretty far-fetched. Then with the very bland characters (all the classics; My Best Friend, The Guy I'm Crushing On, The Girl Who's Randomly a Bitch to Me for No Obvious Reason) and the overly convenient people in need of a match (seriously, at one point 3 teenage girls come in and then 10 minutes later exactly 3 guys their exact ages with the same interests walk in?!) made it total fluff.
If you're in the mood for that sort of thing, I guess it's okay, but overall the book was soooo shallow that it was frustrating. ]]>
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bookshelves: unfinished
I've been trying to read this off and on and today I realized I just won't be able to finish it. A cliche storyline (lost princes, princesses wanting their own will, arranged marriages, etc.) I can deal with--if it's well done. And I'm sorry to say but Legacy's writing is not. While I am quite impressed that Ms. Kluver had the tenacity to complete an entire 200+ page book, the fact that she was so young when she wrote it is glaringly obvious. In the first 50 or so pages, every little thing is mentioned from the exact color of the girls' gowns to their eyes to the layout of the hallways and everything!
The characters, too, were flat; you had the jolly but strict father King, the air-headed younger sister, the mothering Queen who doesn't do anything else, the protective father-figure bodyguard and, of course, the headstrong princess who wants more in life than to be the bearer of the kingdom's next heir. Oh yes, and the handsome foreigner who has different ideas about women's roles.
An impressive attempt, but much too tedious to keep me interested very long. ]]>
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