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A review by mxhermit
Crossing the Ice by Jennifer Comeaux
3.0
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Crossing the Ice was a lovely story. It was simple to read, easy to put down and pick back up again. The story had the romantic elements that made it lighthearted and the nasty characters that added drama.
The problem with these perfectly nice elements is that they made the book wholly predictable. I could tell from the out set what would happen. It would have been more interesting if the plot had veered away from the traditional path and brought something unique to the table.
The characters, while they did serve their purpose, were not very interesting by themselves. They seemed rather one dimensional, like they were actors playing a part they had to rather than characters living their lives. The villains of the piece had next to no character development. They were there to be evil and you didn't get any sense of redemption for them, or reason for their being hateful people other than they were the rich snobby types that are designed to be evil and little else.
I will say this for the author: she included quite a lot of skater talk, as it were, that enables the reader to feel as though they are a part of the figure skating community.
Crossing the Ice was a lovely story. It was simple to read, easy to put down and pick back up again. The story had the romantic elements that made it lighthearted and the nasty characters that added drama.
The problem with these perfectly nice elements is that they made the book wholly predictable. I could tell from the out set what would happen. It would have been more interesting if the plot had veered away from the traditional path and brought something unique to the table.
The characters, while they did serve their purpose, were not very interesting by themselves. They seemed rather one dimensional, like they were actors playing a part they had to rather than characters living their lives. The villains of the piece had next to no character development. They were there to be evil and you didn't get any sense of redemption for them, or reason for their being hateful people other than they were the rich snobby types that are designed to be evil and little else.
I will say this for the author: she included quite a lot of skater talk, as it were, that enables the reader to feel as though they are a part of the figure skating community.