For the past few months I've been struggling to find my writing voice. I like to write in a humorous, lighthearted style but lately that hasn't been working for me. I'd been working on a more serious manuscript and when it was critiqued by my writing mentor she said it was way too depressing and made a very long list of the reasons why. She was right so I scrapped that story altogether.
My friend, Judy gave me I Think I Love You to help me search for my elusive voice. And you may think, "Gee. She's been plowing through the reading material lately." I kept I Think I Love You at the tax office for those slow and quiet nights while I waited for an anxious taxpayer to come in and file a return. It's a quick read but a couple days ago I brought it home knowing that as the tax deadline looms there would be no time for leisurely enjoyment.
Regina, Justine and Mica are unlikely sisters different from each other in every way. Regina, the studious book editor, Justine, the wild executive at a cosmetics company who never thinks twice about sleeping with a married man and Mica with the flowing locks of hair who stars as the Tara Hair girl. As a decades old murder unravels they all end up together in their parent's home. And the fighting and bickering begins.
I Think I Love You has a good story line, interesting characters but not enough depth to keep me engaged. There wasn't enough spark, for me anyway, between Regina and her love interest, Mitchell. The fact that their father's alibi was that he'd secretly checked himself into rehab seemed odd. And I figured out that Uncle Lawrence was guilty from the get go. Not much to keep me going. As usual when I'm reading with an eye toward writing, I can't stop in the middle of the story just in case I might miss exactly what I'm looking for,
I'll rate this novel 2 out of 5. Thanks to Judy for lending the book. It helped me to understand that I need to return to what I love, humor. I've known that all along, I needed a nudge to realize it.
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