I don’t mind reading about imperfect characters because I agree with you that it’s the imperfections that make characters more interesting and their conflicts more believable. However, I felt that Amelia’s character was weakly rendered, and that the conflicts in this book were driven by where the plot needed to be rather than how the characters, as they were introduced and set up by the author, would’ve acted. I would have respected the ending more if Amelia had not ended up with Joseph (and hence no romantic happy ending). She shows no character growth and no greater sense of self awareness, yet the story is resolved as though she does.

I do thank you for stopping by and commenting on this review. As you can see, I like to talk about books—good or bad. I regret that you found my review (and I use the term loosely because it’s more a reader opinion than a literary criticism) distasteful, but I really, really, really didn’t like this book. This is my opinion, of course, and anyone reading this review is free to make up their own mind whether or not their reading preferences are similar to mine.