Review: Never Look Back

Never Look Back by Amy Stephens

My rating: 1 of 5 stars



I was given a copy of Never Look Back in exchange for an honest review.

I was told that this book could be read as a stand alone, so I didn't read the first book in the series. I wanted to like this book. I always feel for new authors because I can't imagine how it must feel to be in their shoes. This book is not ready for readers yet. The writing is stilted, and doesn't flow right. There are so many mistakes that is distracting. Not just grammar or spelling mistakes (but there are a LOT), but contradictory plot holes. For instance in one portion of the book Jennifer is extremely upset (she is upset about everything), and Todd walks in at that time. At the top of the page it says "For the next half hour I listen to her retell everything her father shared with her", then just a few paragraphs down on the same page it says "I don't want to pry and ask questions, but I'm curious to know what upset her." This kind of thing happens many times, throughout the book. It's not really that big of a deal other than it distracts you from ever being engrossed in the book. The second thing that annoyed me were the characters. None of them are endearing, especially the protagonist. She was one of those people who says "Why me, what did I do to deserve this?" she literally says this. I wanted to scream you married a guy after knowing him only a few short months, and got pregnant. I mean really, you don't get to cry why me when you put yourself in that situation.. There is just too much that I couldn't get past to enjoy reading this book.



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