NOTE: I received a complimentary copy of this book in return for my honest review.
Review: Serena Clarke's debut novel lives up to its title All Over The Place. While I did like it, the story itself seemed to jump around a lot and with the constant stream of new characters it made it unnecessarily complex and just a tad hard to follow. There were several elements, like Livi's parental drama, that I felt could have been left out entirely as they added very little to the story and seemed more like filler than anything else. Maybe with a little reworking they could have been incorporated a little more smoothly into the story. Livi was endearing in her awkwardness through her search to find herself and the charming, sexy owner of the backpack that she accidentally ended up with after a chance meeting on the tube. The other characters that popped up, with a few exceptions, definitely served to liven up the novel and I liked the majority of them, even if there were one too many. The author has a good "voice" and wrote with humor and a touch of sassiness that won me over in the end. The British terms did throw me for a loop at first, but luckily my Kindle's dictionary was pretty worldly and when it couldn't offer any suggestions as to a possible meaning it turned out it wasn't too hard to figure out for myself. It got easier as time went on as I slipped farther into the story and its setting. I can't say much about the ending for fear of giving too much away but it was sweet and satisfying and made the entire book worth reading, in my opinion. If you're in the mood for a adventure/romance or a relatively quick, fun beach read then this is your cup of tea (which, by the way, you'll be craving after all of the mentions it gets! ;)).
Jessa's Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Note: This post originally appeared at Once Upon A Book HERE on April 30th, 2013.
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