I was torn on this book. It did capture my attention from page one. It was a suspense and romance all in one story. It was full of twists, but towards the end it seemed to drag on a bit to me. I had already figured out what was going on long before the story fully developed. I think it could have had the same impact without it dragging out so much, but that is just my opinion. I loved the characters you really got to know them , however for the handful of people with book revolved around to have 3 of them with Alzheimers seems like a bit much

The Theatre, Marsha R. West

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre:  Romance, General Fiction

Sometimes you get a book that's potentially a great story for others, but just doesn't resonate for you, and that's what happened here.
I did finish the story, but it was a bit of a slog. I can't really put my finger on reasons, there's nothing obvious, its more a fusion of many tiny issues. 

Kelly, talented, gorgeous, barely eats, actress come choreographer is back in her home town for the summer. Everyone knows her and most love her. Her parents are kind of throwing her in the path of Josh, divorced son of their friends.
He's the local Police Chief, tall, blonde and handsome, and though they don't start off on the right foot they're very attracted to each other, and soon sleeping together. Or not sleeping ;-)

Both hers and Josh's father have dementia, Kelly has a stalker, the gays in the theatre have bigoted haters, and that spills over to the theatre itself.
Somehow there seemed lots going on but it felt very stereotyped, very cliched. The good guys were very good, the gay guys were very "gay" and the bad guys stood out clearly.
I didn't really like the way Kelly faffed about with Josh, didn't really feel anything towards Josh and overall its a story that just didn't work for me.
That's just my opinion though, I can see for others it was perfect, and that's how it should be, everyone wants something different. 
 
Stars: Two and a half, there were a few parts I enjoyed and I didn't dislike the book, just didn't feel pulled into the story as I am when its one I love. 

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