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Wings of Love (Sweet Dreams Series #199)

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There is nothing terribly wrong with "Wings of Love", a scant little tale about a girl, a boy, and some birds; however, utilizing a huge font and still coming in at a mere 121 pages, this is one of the shortest books in the Sweet Dreams series, and it seems evident that the author could not be bothered with small details such as creating an actual plot.

The characters have the potential to be interesting, but are never given the opportunity to act as more than banal stereotypes of the high school fiction genre. Main character, gypsy bird-keeper Kalia Lipa, could captivate the reader if fleshed out a bit more; as is, we only see glimpses of her hopes and fears and the toll taken on her by her family's nomadic lifestyle. Instead, the reader is dragged through a bland, unromantic narrative that finds Kalia juggling the attentions of her annoying neighbor and BFF Milo Masone and those of wannabe plumber Tom Wickford, her landlord's son.

You know there is a problem when the disappearance of Sumee the macaw is more interesting than the stop and go romance of Tom and Kalia. The whole novel comes off as a lazy effort that the author probably cranked out over the course of a day or two.