I posted this on Facebook within the last hour:

Coming back from lunch yesterday this was my conversation:

Me: I’m half way through this book, and I’m not in love with the main characters.
Boss: Well, you created them, why not re-write them?
Me: It’s not a book I’m writing. I’m reading someone else’s story.
Boss: Oh dear.

Question: Do I continue and I hope I warm up to them? Or do I bail?

So far (two minutes in), the suggestion to bail was 2:1.

Now let’s be clear – the book/story only cost me 99 cents (thanks to Amazon) and takes place in modern day England and Las Vegas. While I like to think that I’m metropolitan, cosmopolitan, and I like Neapolitan ice cream, even with the references to Hyacinth Bucket in “Keeping Up Appearances” there is not enough to hold me to the characters.

Why?

Now it’s 3:1.

I wish I could put a finger on one thing. Could it be the wishy-washy back and forth of the female lead? I can’t call her the heroine; and the male lead is pretty much aloof. He may just now be starting to warm up to me.  But if I’m 55% of the way through the book, why it is taking so long? Why can’t I warm up to her family? Her friends?

At least I dislike her cheating ex!

But when I sum it all up, I just don’t care! It’s a cute title, cute premise – done by so many others so I thought I’d give this contemporary romance a try. For 99 cents, why not?

Now it’s 4:1.

This is when Kenny Rogers is singing in my head telling me it’s time to walk away…

At least the character’s name wasn’t Lucille.