I was a little disappointed in the story
935276
I was a little disappointed in the story.  It was a little too complicated with too many characters and too much fill.
3590902
I will admit, after reading so many 5 star reviews, I was disappointed by this story. I think maybe if I went in with lower expectations it would have been fine, but as it is I was expecting something incredible and all I got was something just okay. The writing style was the best part by far, but i agree with a lot of others that the story arc was a bit confusing and nonsensical. I pretty much only stuck it out for the German kid, because I was friends with an exchange student in high school and it made me think of him. While I like the author, I don't think I'll continue with the story unless I run out of other things to read, which is unlikely. I will say though that if it's still a free ebook, you could do worse, so it doesn't hurt to just check it out.

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3122860
This book was just ok for me. I guess I was a little disappointed.
3194669
I thought this story was just o.k. I got a little bored with it.
3102270
I picked this up for the time travel back to 1970s Houston vibe, but I was disappointed with the story overall.
829867
Not what I expected.  The era of the story did not hold my interest.
2015280
The story drew me in at first but became a little trite and boring, especially in the last third of the book. Overall I found it a little disappointing.
882057
I would rate this story more of a 2 1/2 stars than 3 stars.  In my opinion the story didn't flow that well and I found myself having to go back to re-read parts so I could follow the authors thought process.  The story was a bit disjointed to me.
1082892
I enjoyed the evolving relationship,but the story fell slightly short of my expectations. I Will chose not follow this author.
3649340
This book was a bit disappointing.  I thought that the story didn't flow very well, and it wasn't what I hoped it would be.
958237
This story was interesting with lots of potential, but alas, I was disappointed in the heroine.  She seemed lukewarm to me.  She didn't have much strength to her and I found her to not be particularly likeable.  I wanted to find a reason to care about her and what happens but found that her background story didn't have enough in it for me to become sympathetic to her plight.  What did grab me was the hero in the story.  I wanted to see him find an HEA and a way out of his self-inflicted isolation.  Overall, the children characters where refreshing and I can see why many would enjoy this book.  I simply found the sizzle factor relatively low and desparate; a female lead I did not find myself cheering for; along with seeing the main bad guy simply walk away is why I have 3 starred this one.
4347729
Some of the stories are kind of scary; but most of them are just eh. I was a little disappointed.
436288
Like my title I expected something different with this story. Ariella seemed to be not as headstrong as she was as a child. I don't even recall getting a great description of what she even looked like. Emilian at the end was a total jerk in a way. Spoilers: I understood that he wanted to do what was best for Ariella and she was upset but she had just lost her child and you just dump her on her family's doorstep. Ariella decided to have sex with him after only knowing him for 2 days. To me it almost felt like, as I look back on that part, she was having sex with him to show that she was different than all the other prim ladies. Also when she had put on the gypsy clothes to entice Emilian I expected her to dance with him and take the seduction longer but as soon as they saw each other the clothes we right off and it felt somewhat of a let down. My worst problem with this story is I kept looking for information on the Earl of Adare and his wife. Ty was mentioned as the Earl and so I kept wondering what had happened to the previous Earl but not until the very end did she mention a little passing comment on what happened to the two. I wish there was more about what had happened because they were big characters for awhile to be pushed out that quickly with just a line or two dedicated to them. There was great parts and it was interesting to see how the story progressed but because of the faults I could only give this story a 3 star.
713116
I really, really wanted to like -- no, to LOVE -- this story. Maybe too much, and that contributed to my overall disappointment in the read. It wasn't an awful book -- the writing was good, the characters well-drawn, the setting interesting and believable, the world-building worked for me. I enjoyed the idea of biocyph and how the teks worked, and the relationship that built between the characters were very well-done, but... I think that my expectations for the story were too high. Partially because I'd heard that the story was so good, but partially because of Creasy's development itself. There's a lot of time and effort put into the secrets of Scarabaeus and I'm not going to include spoilers, but suffice it to say that I found the ultimate unraveling of the secrets to be something of a frizzle rather than a bang. Certainly, the story twisted nicely with the revelations, and everything fit as it continued, but I'd expected something more than what everything turned out to be, and that left me feeling let down. Also, the book really does end on a cliffhanger of sorts -- the big questions of the book are answered, but there's a lot left that has to be explored. I do have the second book, Children of Scarabaeus, and I will probably read it, but I won't go into it expecting anything dazzling or brilliant, maybe just a decent space-set story.
877178
I thought it started out kind of slow.  As I continued reading, though, I really got into the story.  There was one part that I thought it would end a certain way.  It didn't.  I was a little disappointed.
4883400
I like the story, but much of it was rushed and I had to back up to see if I missed a page. Also, a lot of it wasn't believable, so it didn't draw me in. There were some errors that should have been caught during editing too.  I'm not sure I'm a fan of the writing style either.
3597624
I was a little disappointed with the story. It gives a lot detail about the other characters,  but,not enough about Joe or the "decider". From The reviews  I thought there would be more. Mystery and paranormal discussion.