Reviews

Sparks in Scotland by A. Destiny, Rhonda Helms

anyajack's review

5.0

This book was AMAZING it was so beautifully written with an adorable romance. Scotland is such a great destination and the authors really portrayed Scotlands true beauty and intriguing history. Totally recommend! By far my favorite in the flirt series so far!!!

laurenjpegler's review against another edition

1.0

I didn't really enjoy this book at all. I liked how the authors depicted Scotland so beautifully, but other than that the characters were annoying and the storyline was far fetched. I especially couldn't get past the fact they were both 15 and head over heels in love, etc. It just made the story seem juvenile and childish. Also a 15 year old boy isn't gonna move to America on his own without his parents??

fienb_'s review

3.0

Full review on my blog!
https://mybookishrambles.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/sparks-in-scotland-by-a-destiny-and-rhonda-helms/

warfie__wolf's review against another edition

This story gives me the warm fuzzies in my stomach. All the cute moments between the characters as well as the hopes of fresh love had me smiling consistently. Would it have been nice to have a little bit more character emotion to round them out a bit, yes. But I still enjoyed the story. Very nice quarantine read!

liralen's review against another edition

3.0

Dumb-cute, which is probably a descriptor I use too often. Ava's off in Scotland with her family for two weeks to learn a bit more about their background. (Oddly, this is taken as a one-background thing—that is, nobody seems to consider that Ava's father and her mother might have different family histories/backgrounds/family tartans. Is there something they're not telling us...?)

The book is pretty much split between every stereotypically touristy Scottish thing possible and a romance with a cute Scottish guy (who uses as many stereotypically Scottish words as possible), surprise surprise. But there are some nice things here: Ava knows that the most she can realistically expect is a very short romance, so when things aren't looking great on that front, she doesn't get terribly upset about it. I wish the will-they-won't-they hadn't taken up quite so much space, because it doesn't leave much (any) room for more significant conflict. It's definitely one of those teenage-wish-fulfillment books, where everything falls into place. Ava meets the boy...who happens to be cute, and single, and interested in her...and spending the whole two weeks with her family...and

Spoiler

is about to move across the ocean to right near where Ava lives

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hazelstaybookish's review against another edition

3.0

I visited Scotland while reading this one so it really helped me appreciate the setting descriptions in the book. The plot/romance is absolute fluff (I like fluff) but I definitely could've used more character development and emotion as I was reading. Still, the conflict felt genuine (being scared of liking someone more than they like you is a legit thing) and I appreciate how present the parents are in this book.

nicolemm_author's review against another edition

4.0

3.5/5

bethanyldaniels's review against another edition

3.0

Although there were several scenes that had me smiling from ear to ear because of the adorable qualities, I had a few issues with this book. I found myself skimming a lot of the book because it was full of long uninteresting monologues about history. If you are an author that wants to inform me, make the passage more intriguing. I'm not opposed to history but they just went about it in the wrong way.
Also, THERE WAS NO CONFLICT! There were about two problems in the whole book. There was no climax. The second anything went wrong ever, it was resolved within seconds. Most of the book contained happy scenes which can be boring if you don't have to work for them.
I would like to point out that Graham was really sweet and I did like him. All in all it was not a bad read. All it needs is a little more time with the editing crew.