Waves of Passion (Encanto (English))

Rating:
Summary: Pleasant But Nothing Special
Review: This was a quick and easy read. Read it if you just want to pass the time, rather than get emotionally involved. It involves a US naval officer and a civilian, set in Coronado Beach CA. He is duty-oriented, she is outgoing, both have issues with their fathers, etc., etc. Plenty of secondary characters - enough for spinoffs anyway.

I don't know if this is being marketed as a multicultural book, but except for some Spanish phrases here and there, the families could have been any family with strong ethnic ties (at least the ones that I'm familiar with). It would have been more interesting if the author given more background as to why certain items had the significance they seem to have had to the characters.

The main characters, Alex and Marissa, really didn't have much depth. Both appeared to be eye-candy. The conflicts were standard, as were their resolutions. In real life, I think that a person such as Marissa would be just too tiring to be around - her personality was just too consistently enthusiastic for a grown woman. Alex was a more realistic character but again, his problems were simplistic - things that we've already read in way too many books.

I seem to be damning this book with faint praise, but really, it wasn't bad. It was just that I expected more and didn't get it.

Rating:
Summary: Pleasant But Nothing Special
Review: This was a quick and easy read. Read it if you just want to pass the time, rather than get emotionally involved. It involves a US naval officer and a civilian, set in Coronado Beach CA. He is duty-oriented, she is outgoing, both have issues with their fathers, etc., etc. Plenty of secondary characters - enough for spinoffs anyway.

I don't know if this is being marketed as a multicultural book, but except for some Spanish phrases here and there, the families could have been any family with strong ethnic ties (at least the ones that I'm familiar with). It would have been more interesting if the author given more background as to why certain items had the significance they seem to have had to the characters.

The main characters, Alex and Marissa, really didn't have much depth. Both appeared to be eye-candy. The conflicts were standard, as were their resolutions. In real life, I think that a person such as Marissa would be just too tiring to be around - her personality was just too consistently enthusiastic for a grown woman. Alex was a more realistic character but again, his problems were simplistic - things that we've already read in way too many books.

I seem to be damning this book with faint praise, but really, it wasn't bad. It was just that I expected more and didn't get it.