NOTE: the spoilers in this review are like the mild sauce at a Taco Bell.
If you don't like honesty and tearing books apart from the inside, I wouldn't advise you to continue reading this review. While somehow getting through this book, I ended up with 3 front and back pages of notes to point out and/or discuss and they reek of negativity towards this novel. Shall we begin?
For those of you who I had previously advised to not continue reading and are being rebels, I'll even throw in the only good thing I had to say for this novel just for you:
It was a quick read.
Boom. There you go. Now really, listen to me and retreat from this review. I'm warning you for your own good. I appreciate that you were interested in my thoughts and you are by all means welcome to look at any of my happier reviews. Thank you for your time.
Now, for the rest of you, buckle up and grab a snack because this is going to be a long, rocky ride.
First, I would like to say that some of the fault is indeed mine. I keep reading free ebooks, knowing that they are usually never dependable. They always let me down. So why do I keep trying? Well, I guess because there is a part of me that is looking for a diamond in the dust. And obviously by reading to this point of my review or by simply seeing my star rating, this, along with other novels I have read, are not it. Also, they are free, so there's that.
But lets get back to the book.
This novel was just flat out ridiculous. It's the predictable A "down to earth" girl with a tragic past and the guy that will give up hot chicks for only her story line but even worse because it's poorly written and only fueled by sex. Literally. All I could see in this book was sex scenes that were so thought out with random crap thrown around them to make it seem like there was depth when in reality, the only "depth" in this novel is "his member" in "her sex". And that's how they actually refer to it for most of the book. Enthralling, isn't it? *sigh*
But wait! That's not all! I haven't even started to tell you about the wonderful characters you get to meet.
Of course we will start with Emily. The "protagonist" that assures us she isn't a "sex starved psycho" even though every guy "makes her panties wet" and spends most of the book complaining about how terrible her parents are for trying to give her nice things. Which I got and understood. For the first bit of it. But she keeps going. Hey Emily, if that apartment offends you so much because it's so luxurious, don't stay there. Go find a Motel 8 or something. Damn. But anyways, she yaps and yaps about just how dreadful her parents have been and then wants to throw in that they practically didn't care that her boyfriend/fiancé was beating the living shit out of her. I'm sorry but is that less appalling compared to them pushing nice things in your face? I guess so. But that's okay because she'll get you to love her with her humor and cussing that is neither natural or easy flowing. And she'll really get you with her attempts at coming off as "relatable" which are, of course, her trying too hard. You know what's better than that, though? Her intelligence. For example, her idea of taking the guy who physically assaulted her to her apartment "to talk" alone. Or after being repeatedly beaten by one guy and attacked by another, decides that looking through the peep hole before opening to door is pointless. Almost as useful as telling a guy you'll scream and then not while he still touches you. OH! She's also the cofounder of an organization for women. I don't remember what it's called but that's okay, it was only mentioned and thrown in there so there could be a benefit for Jake and Emily to reunite at. How convenient.
Then there is Jake. Jake, Jake, Jake. I am so glad that the woman Jake saw at the benefit that made Jake "completely forget about Emily" was Emily. That was such a relief. He also takes it upon himself to get Emily fired so she can go with him to meet his family in Texas. How thoughtful. He also worries about how is plan backfired on him rather than the fact that his "true love's" life is in danger. But that is also okay because that just makes him and Emily more perfect for eachother. The Emily that said that "after the incident with Grant [she] really wasn't sure [she] wanted any sexual contact ever again" about a page or two before having "the best sex ever" with Jake. They really are a match made in heaven.
I could probably still go on about how infuriating and absolutely, unreasonably preposterous they and this story was but I think I've made my point.
By the way Emily, for someone who runs an organization to help women that have been through abuse and assault, you sure as hell don't know how to even deal with it yourself.