I got the audio book of Vision in White after listening to Bed of Roses. Emily Durante reads it and does a pretty good job at it. She’s probably the only reason I kept listening to the novel. Vision in White is not nearly as good as Bed of Roses. It reads like a Nora Roberts, but it doesn’t feel like one.

The chemistry between Mackensie and Carter is fairly flat. Nora didn’t put much effort into them and it shows. In fact, I think they’re very poorly suited. Mac’s commitment phobic and neurotic. Her craziness will apparently pull Carter out of his quiet shy shell. Carter is meant to subdue Mackensie’s neuroses and add stability to her life. Honestly? I think they’d kill each other or divorce in five years, three if something happened to draw their ire sooner.

Much of the book is filled with Mackensie’s inability to deal with her dreadful mother. Mac is strong in everything but unable to stand up for herself. The woman ill uses Mac and plays every manipulative trick in the book. Mac and Linda both needed to grow up and deal with one another like human beings. It was too much and took too much away from developing the relationship of the main characters.

Carter is a beta hero. He teaches at a local high school even though he has a Ph.D. from Yale. Despite being very insecure with poor social skills when it comes to women, he is somehow an animal in the sack. Oh really now? Hmm… I would have been happier with a virgin hero or Mac taking him in hand and showing him the way.

I kept waiting for some actual conflict or drama to develop. Nothing ever really happened between Mac and Carter. Corina doesn’t count. It was very slow going.

Rating: 2 Stars

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