Never Miss by Melissa Koslin

 

Never Miss, by Melissa Koslin, is a debut novel that was really hard for me to get through because it reads like a debut novel. Over and over we are told how beautiful Kadance is and how attractive Lyndon is and how they have to keep their lusty glances at bay. It was so overly descriptive that I started skipping pages and trying to just stick to the story. 

These two are not only so-incredibly-physically-beautiful, they are also probably the most intelligent people you will ever read about. Dude can sit at a computer and scan page after page and memorize them and then sit down and stare at a blank wall and bring those same pages back up in his mind and read through them slowly. And Kadance? Well, she has most of the roads in the entire country memorized because she is on the run so much. So she can get you anywhere without looking at a map. This is a ridiculous premise. They are so insanely smart but I'm not sure it's possible to do one of their skills let alone all of them at the same time. At one point in the book Kadance rolls her eyes and I found myself saying, "Same, girl...." These same supposedly strong characters find themselves frozen in place time and again. 

The same themes and ideas were repeated throughout the book. Often. This doesn't move the story forward.

There's also a stray cat that chooses Kadence to care for. Mac listens and does what he's told. He even obeys finger movements and pushes a knife off of a counter so Kadance can cut themselves free from being tied. 

There are weird stopping points in the story. A character has to wait a moment to clear a memory before they can move on. This book focuses too much on the characters and not enough on the story.

And then there's a kiss that we need to over analyze. 

I really wanted to love this because the blurb on the back was so attention grabbing. I did read through to the end but found myself laughing more at the book than being engaged with it. 

It is an easy read. Good for a vacation or other time when you don't want to get into a deep meaty book. It's just all really far-fetched and to me reads more like a YA book than one for adults. 

Very little mention of God, I did want to love it but I couldn't. And when I think of all of the other books Revell puts out that I engage with by really good suspense authors it surprises me that this made it on their list. 

I give this 2/5 stars.

This book was provided for review by Revell.