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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Keep it real on Platform 8,
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This review is from: Let's Meet On Platform 8 (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
First of all, let me just say that this book has so much potential. Topics of true love and infidelity are sources for wonderful drama and plot twists, but Matthews' venture into the above themes falls a bit short.Teri Carter trips and falls on the train platform, and yes, her dream man saves her. Of course, her dream man (Jamie) is also someone else's dream man, and Teri is crushed. This doesn't stop her from pursuing the affair and kicking her best friend (who left her cheating husband) out of her house. I found it difficult to really empathize with either character, as much of the dialogue is trite and seems forced at times. The story's ending is equally simplistic and leaves the reader hanging as to the future of the star-crossed lovers' relationship. This makes for a fast Sunday afternoon read, but there are other Red Dress Ink titles that are far more interesting and captivating. Leave this one on the platform after reading.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well written but with its problems.,
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This review is from: Let's Meet On Platform 8 (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
Teri, our heroine, gets knocked over by Jamie (the love interest) in a mad dash for their train. Because Jamie's such a good guy the guilt gets to him and he aids her with his handkerchief to clean up the blood and pair of new stockings...and then this total package of gentlemen (complete with Scottish burr) takes it a step further by escorting Teri not only just on the train ride home, but to her door, into her house and eventually into his heart. Oh, it would be perfect, but Jamie is very married with 2 kids and mortgaged to the hilt over in suburbia. Teri finds out and is only flustered by it for a short while; they're in love, why shouldn't they be together. It's a good premise and there is some good writing, but some parts are really slow and some characters even though they have what could be exciting sub-plots going for them, remain, sadly, in 2-D. The ending is fraught with possibilities and sadness, but there were no tears to be jerked - which is a shame because there was potential there. I suppose the reason I couldn't make it over the hill from like to really-like or even love is because most of the characters had no backbone whatsoever. There was so much cheating being done and so much taking back in main and sub plots alike that I was really annoyed by it. Unlike most other stories of the chick-lit genre it wasn't easy to believe any of these characters were particular pillars of independence or strength. Sure, at the end it looks like Teri might get there eventually, the reader could probably have used that earlier on if Teri's likeability factor ever had a chance. Still, I think it's worth a lazy Sunday afternoon read because entertainment need not always be perfect.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Infidelity abroad...,
This review is from: Let's Meet On Platform 8 (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
I received this book as a trade on bookcrossing.com and all I knew about it, was that it was "chick lit," one of my favorite genres. I could see how this book would offend some people. Two people meet, one of them is married, yet they continue to see each other. I was one of those people, but I chose to read it anyway. I feel that it's important, as a reader, to separate my personal feelings from the subject, and find a good story and writing within. I am happy to say that I did.Teri met Jamie on Platform 8 (in London) after falling down and having the insides of her briefcase scattered everywhere. As a true gentleman, he helped her up and even bought her some new stockings. Out of guilt and attraction, they shared a cab to their respective houses. He had yet to tell her that he was married, even though he knew that was something that should have been done. They continued to see each other every morning, she getting up earlier than usual to catch the train to work. After they had the "drink after work," she discovered his marital status, and of course was crushed. They had both developed feelings for each other, and they still kept meeting every morning. Pamela, Jamie's wife and a stay at home mom starts to notice that there is something funny going on, late nights, less attention paid to her, and decides to "fake an affair" to get Jamie back. Will her made up extra curricular love activites drive Jamie into Teri's arms, or will she get him back? Will she find something that she has been looking for in her staged affair? The ending may surprise you. I liked that even though the book disagreed with my morals, it kept me locked into the story, and I really wanted to know what happened. Of course I was rooting for the family to stay together because the characters of Jamie and Teri could be irritating and unlikeable. But, then again, it could be my emotions talking because I didn't like how they built their relationship on a lie. It was a little bit longer than it should have been, but it was well written, and went beyond the usual boy-meets-girl, boy-wants to-be-with-girl-even-though-boy-is-married story. Recommended!
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