Whenever one of Elizabeth Camden's books arrives in the mail, my teen daughter squeals with delight and begs me to let her read it first. The problem with saying yes to that request is that then I have to fend off her repeated attempts to tell me the plot twists. I understand. She gets so wrapped up in the story that it starts to feel like real life and it's human nature to want to share our life with others.
I also understand why Camden is one of her favorite authors. She tells wonderful romantic tales that are surrounded in mystery. She doesn't bog down the story line with endless misunderstandings between the would-be lovers or long winded setting descriptions. "From This Moment" was no different and was a pleasure to read from start to finish.
"From This Moment" tells of a woman who moves to Boston to investigate the death of her sister which has been ruled an accident. There she meets the co-owner of a scientific magazine who is struggling to overcome his own battles. Together they tackles a myriad of hurdles and accidentally develop feelings for one another along the way.
One of the aspects I enjoyed most about "From this Moment" was the way Camden wove the strengths and weaknesses into each character. They all have their moments or failure but also success - just like in real life. I also liked the pace of the plot. It clipped along at a quick speed and was easy to follow.
The only part of this book that left me going, "Meh" were the final 3 or 4 pages. It all wrapped up too suddenly and neatly. I'll give you an example of what I mean however this example is in no way based on the actual story. Say a book is 300 pages long and it takes 295 pages for the two to fall in love. However, he's badly injured and she can't find her dog or the precious heirloom that means the world to her. Oh and the bad guy needs to be tried. Then in the remaining 5 pages, they get married, he heals up, she finds the dog which happens to have the heirloom in its mouth and the bad guy goes to prison forever. The end.
When this happens, it almost feels like the author got tired and just wanted to get the book done already. Maybe the publisher was breathing down her throat or something. I don't know but the last 5 pages felt forced. An epilogue would have been a better format for wrapping up the loose ends. Having said that, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book and would delightfully recommend it to anyone who loves clean romance novels with a touch of mystery.
"Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc."
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