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Book Review of The Island

The Island
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Since I like books set in my home state of FL, I thought this would be a fun, summer read. Unfortunately, it was a romance novel disguised as a novel of suspense. The settings were good- an island off the shores of Miami called Calliope Key, and a yacht club in Miami, there were many undeveloped, interchangeable characters, plenty of red herrings, and the obligatory sex scenes....even upon the main characters' first meeting. I couldn't wait to finish this book, which I finally did, just to find out the denouement of the plot. But, general impression: meh. For readers of romance novels only.