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I Can't Tell You Why

by Elaine Robertson North

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I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Dani is a smart, successful, independent woman. Despite her qualities Dani isn't without deep rooted issues. She ends up having an affair with her client, Alex, who is also a married man. We watch as Dani figures out how to handle her affair after beginning a relationship with Sean, a paparazzi photographer who would love nothing more than to bust Alex and whoever he has been messing around with.

I Can't Tell You Why is told through the perspective of an all seeing narrator. What I did like about this perspective is that we were able to see things from an objective perspective. What I didn't like was that we never got to get an in depth perspective on what the main characters were thinking and feeling throughout the story line.

I found the writing to be good, however, the author uses cliche phrases throughout the story. I didn't enjoy them and I thought they put a damper on the tone. For example:

“Billy sighed as he watched him go, knowing as he turned his back on the frying pan that he had no choice but to head for the fire.”

I found at the time when this was said it was a serious and sad moment for the character and this just kind of ruined it for me. I found it went from dramatic to a little bit cheesy. There are a few others throughout the book but this one annoyed me the most.

I really didn't like Dani. I found myself wanting to shake her and just yell at her to stop causing her own problems. To me Dani was a very selfish person who I couldn't relate to. There was something in particular that happened in the book and I felt like she brought it on herself, actually everything that happened to her from the time period to where the book started to where it ended was her own fault.

I hated the cheating and I really didn't like Dani but I did enjoy this book. There was something about it that made me feel content to just read it. It wasn't an “OMG I couldn't put it down!” read, and it did take a little longer to get through than I would of liked but it was definitely something I enjoyed. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a mindless read who isn't turned off by the cheating troupe.

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Author Bio

Elaine spent 25 years working in marketing and communications in the media and entertainment industries. This included seven years marketing national newspapers and a variety of senior executive roles in TV, radio and film. I Can’t Tell You Why is her first novel.

Elaine lives in North London with her husband and their two sons. When she’s not writing, she can be found looking harassed on the school run, cheering on the side lines of her sons’ football matches or singing her heart out at her local branch of Popchoir.

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