This book? Has me like...
Here's the thing.. I don't like the heroine at all. Not only is she just a selfish a** but she has got to be the dumbest, most simpleton chick ever. I mean she CONSTANTLY, through the entire book had me either like...
Or..
When it came to her "whine fests" I was always thinking this...
Trust me. She inspires no sympathy AT ALL for her plight.
And none of the male leads inspired any love or hotness either.
Everyone involved here has got some jacked up issues. How could they not? Considering what their lives have become. But the undertones of the story vs. the characters & their thoughts/reactions, didn't mesh well for me. Mainly cos one of the main people I'm supposed to sympathize with, the heroine, I don't. At all. And then also, even though this is a tough, heart wrenching story, I did not feel the intensity or heart wrenching things I should have been feeling while reading it.
So basically this story is something that couldn't go beyond the surface for me. The premise/story is intense, the circumstances, happenings, characters' plights, all of it, is heart breaking. But none of these emotions were coming through, even though I clearly saw it playing out. There was a huge disconnect here.
This story wanted to be poignant, deep, emotional, heart wrenching & all that, but unfortunately it just read as a simple, half ass attempt at being all of these things. Nothing felt authentic or deep. The only true emotion this story evoked was irritation, anger, and "I wish someone would just push you off a cliff and put me out of my misery" reaction.
The HEA was so superficial, rushed & glossed over. The heroine didn't even deserve this weak ass HEA.
The Structure of the story and how things are revealed & why was all over the place as well. You're reading about the present, and you literally wind up in the past going into the very next sentence/paragraph. And if you're just skimming, this could seriously throw you off and confuse you. Many things that happen in the beginning have no bearing on what occurs in the middle or end, so really alot of things were just pointless.
Basically this entire book read like a rough draft. A rough draft that has all the dark, shock factor occurrences etc.. taken from every other MC novel, Contemporary Romance Alpha male, and was just thrown into what you have here. And instead of focusing on the characters and what makes them tick what would warrant someone to sympathize with them & their issues, all the focus was just on the shock factor events that occur. And even those fell short. Way short.
Annnnnd this is NOT a hot novel at all. It has sex in it. but the sex is such a "Yawn" I would have preferred that the attempt was not even made for those moments. Really should have just went with a fade to black scene.
So.... You already know what I'm going to say, right?
No. I would not recommend this read. Keep your money & your time.
 - Jane Slate)
