Love, Lies & Consequences

By: Natasha D. Frazier

Narrated by: Daena Schweiger

Are you ready and willing to accept the consequences that come along with your choices?

"The true test of my commitment will come when I am actually tested, but it’s nothing I can’t handle." So thinks Raegan - and it proves to be a thought that is tested every step of her journey.

Raegan was all set to live a life free of sexual impurities, until she met Rico, who challenged her character. Sex outside of marriage isn't all that bad if you're going to eventually marry that person, right? After all, Rico did make promises to marry her, but can he hold true to that promise?

Raegan had come to believe that Rico could be the one, until Caleb, her college love, comes back into her life. Raegan begins to make a series of choices that lead to consequences she wasn't prepared to face. Will her faith sustain her?

©2015 Natasha Frazier (P)2020 Natasha Frazier

For me this one was a mixed bag

This is a very hard one to review as it has so much going for it and yet still needs a lot of work. Regards the book: Nothing that a spiffy edit could not fix but the narration is another matter: I immediately warmed to Daena's narration and was thinking what a great run I have had with narrator's lately. I really like Daena's pacing, seamless transitions between plot points and her general cadence. But the male voices - especially Rico - I was about to throw my phone across the room.

Moving on, the other issue I could not get past was the MC Reagan's character - she was totally self-absorbed, vain, a cheater, holds grudges, jumps to conclusions, and overall is just a really unfortunate person. Yet men fall over themselves to marry her. It was all too extreme and ridiculous. Her character needed toning down to allow the reader to engage warmly with her.

Some of the sub-plot characters were much easier to warm to but I was unclear why their story was in the book at all - was seriously disconnected from the main plotlines. If included, they need to be properly integrated into the story. I do think they are worthy of inclusion not just as a blob inserted in.

You will be wondering why 4 stars if so many negatives but the book kept my attentions, was full of energy and vibrance and interest and who doesn't love a good redemption story.

Not what I was expecting

This book is not what I expected. The narrator is AWFUL!!!!!
This made it very difficult to follow.