Guest Review: Relatively Honest – Molly Ringle

Eighteen year-old womanizer Daniel Revelstoke leaves his native London to study at the University of Oregon, dreaming of seducing one American girl after another. But he soon meets a new kind of woman in classmate Julie French. Her cleverness and resistance land Daniel in love for the first time in his life, to his deep confusion.

However, Julie’s long-distance boyfriend and a bizarre family secret stand in Daniel’s way to winning her. Since he can’t quit obsessing over her, he decides to hide a few truths in order to draw closer to her, hoping that maybe she’ll return his love and, when she finds out his devious path, forgive him. It’s a gamble, but all’s fair in love and college.

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Release Date:  September 15, 2011
Publisher:  ireadiwrite Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

To be “”relatively honest””, this was a difficult read for me. Daniel Revelstoke, eighteen years old “”ladies man””, is leaving London to study abroad at the University of Oregon. His main goal is to seduce as many American girls as he can. It’s second nature to him, he’s confident and he has a reputation of picking up chicks easily. But like all love stories of this nature there is that one girl that changes the game..

Here we meet Julia French. Upon meeting, Daniel is utterly smitten with Julia, but finds out that she has a boyfriend. Not letting that become an issue, Daniel is determined to get Julia to fall for him. Being the english gentleman that he is, he bides his time waiting patiently while turning up his charm to seduce her.

This is were the story gets a little weird. Ms. Molly Ringle has a way with words and is a fantastic writer, but towards the middle of this story I was struck hard by the plot twist which seemingly came out of nowhere. Granted that was probably the whole point, but it doesn’t end there. There were many, “”Oh no”” moments towards the end that made me cringe inside. I didn’t really get the connection between the two main characters. I didn’t feel their love for one another. I didn’t really believe that their love could truly stand any obstacle thrown at them.

My initial reaction of the story was good though. Molly Ringle is a great writer and I loved how we were able to get into Daniel’s mind in this first person story. But again as the story went on, I just wanted to finish the story, find out what happens and be done with it. If you are the type of person that enjoys random plot twists and a rollercoaster storyline than this would probably be a good book for you.

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