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Hitchhiker
Lonely and lost, I knew I had to leave, even though I didn’t know where I was headed.
Driving without a purpose, I let the roads lead. I was just a shell of my former self, devoid of feelings.
Hoping I’d find the missing pieces of myself along the way.
Then I saw him —those menacing deep brown eyes, and an air around him that was formidable. I knew that picking up a hitchhiker was a dangerous thing to do, but I was desperate.
Desperate for what, you ask?
To feel.
Driving without a purpose, I let the roads lead. I was just a shell of my former self, devoid of feelings.
Hoping I’d find the missing pieces of myself along the way.
Then I saw him —those menacing deep brown eyes, and an air around him that was formidable. I knew that picking up a hitchhiker was a dangerous thing to do, but I was desperate.
Desperate for what, you ask?
To feel.
- GenresRomance
165 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 27, 2015
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Stacy Borel
14 books1,900 followersStacy is a mother of three, lover of food, and self-proclaimed coffee addict. She is a world traveler and started her crazy adventures at the ripe young age of five. Her father was an officer in the Air Force, and it allowed for her to see places from the Azores, Portugal to Honolulu, Hawaii. Stacy went to eight different schools before she graduated high school. After having her first two children, Stacy decided to expand on her love of reading and tried her hand at writing in 2012. She released her first novel mid-2013 and thus began her writing career. At the moment you can find Stacy in northern Alabama typing away on her next book, and enjoying life. Contact Stacy at stacy.borel@yahoo.com
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May 19, 2015I was part of the blog tour, which got dropped. I'm not sure of the reason and I am sure there's a justified explanation, but I was really disappointed. It was a stressful time and I worked really hard to read and review within a two day turn around (we were given the book a week in advance prior to blog tour launch)
I had to sit on this review for weeks because I was too emotional. I will say that I love the promotions, the teasers and summary. I was sucked in!
I finished the book ages ago and my review has been sitting in my little folder for some time now. I'm still thinking about it... I will let you know what I think when it's not this close to my bed time.
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Lonely and lost , I knew I had to leave, even though I didn’t know where I was headed.
Driving without a purpose , I let the roads lead. I was just a shell of my former self, devoid of feelings.
Hoping I’d find the missing pieces of myself along the way.
Then I saw him —those menacing deep brown eyes, and an air around him that was formidable. I knew that picking up a hitchhiker was a dangerous thing to do, but I was desperate.
Desperate for what, you ask?
To feel.
I had to sit on this review for weeks because I was too emotional. I will say that I love the promotions, the teasers and summary. I was sucked in!
I finished the book ages ago and my review has been sitting in my little folder for some time now. I'm still thinking about it... I will let you know what I think when it's not this close to my bed time.
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Teaser
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Lonely and lost , I knew I had to leave, even though I didn’t know where I was headed.
Driving without a purpose , I let the roads lead. I was just a shell of my former self, devoid of feelings.
Hoping I’d find the missing pieces of myself along the way.
Then I saw him —those menacing deep brown eyes, and an air around him that was formidable. I knew that picking up a hitchhiker was a dangerous thing to do, but I was desperate.
Desperate for what, you ask?
To feel.
April 29, 2015
I've been waiting to read this for several months & was so excited to start reading on release day.
**Possible spoilers**
There's a lot of things I can get over in a fiction romance novel, but the juvenile writing, cheesy dialogue, and choppy transitions were just too much to overlook. Not to mention, the lack of professional editing. It was consistent throughout the entire novel. Not only is there cheating, but Chandler is a complete doormat. She melts at just a glance at Dawson. It's purely physical and within a month, she's in love and willing to overlook the fact that he's a complete jerk. He's not a hero. He has no redeeming qualities. He tells her "he'll try" and in the next page he explains that "it's just how he is." She knows he's sleeping with other girls and yet continues to sleep with him. Chandler is so lost and so out of touch with who she is that I was frustrated through 95% of the book. I get she's flawed and he's damaged, but for the reader to really feel that, we need to be shown not told. Basically she has an intense physical attraction to him which she didn't feel with her fiancé... So she turns into a complete fool and basically lets him do whatever he wants, all while hurting her in the process. When she FINALLY grows a pair, she tells him off. Mind you this is a good 75% into the book. He's so back and forth that it doesn't even make sense. One second he's telling her it won't work and he won't chase her and the next he's telling her to come cuddle. He basically brain washes her and she allowed it because she's so lost and willing to do anything to feel...
I really liked the premise of this. The blurb is intriguing. But it just lacked in so many areas and fell flat for me.
**Possible spoilers**
There's a lot of things I can get over in a fiction romance novel, but the juvenile writing, cheesy dialogue, and choppy transitions were just too much to overlook. Not to mention, the lack of professional editing. It was consistent throughout the entire novel. Not only is there cheating, but Chandler is a complete doormat. She melts at just a glance at Dawson. It's purely physical and within a month, she's in love and willing to overlook the fact that he's a complete jerk. He's not a hero. He has no redeeming qualities. He tells her "he'll try" and in the next page he explains that "it's just how he is." She knows he's sleeping with other girls and yet continues to sleep with him. Chandler is so lost and so out of touch with who she is that I was frustrated through 95% of the book. I get she's flawed and he's damaged, but for the reader to really feel that, we need to be shown not told. Basically she has an intense physical attraction to him which she didn't feel with her fiancé... So she turns into a complete fool and basically lets him do whatever he wants, all while hurting her in the process. When she FINALLY grows a pair, she tells him off. Mind you this is a good 75% into the book. He's so back and forth that it doesn't even make sense. One second he's telling her it won't work and he won't chase her and the next he's telling her to come cuddle. He basically brain washes her and she allowed it because she's so lost and willing to do anything to feel...
I really liked the premise of this. The blurb is intriguing. But it just lacked in so many areas and fell flat for me.
April 30, 2015
I must admit, the title and premise drew me. A hitchhiker was a refreshing take on forbidden romance, one I’d not read before. But while it had tons of potential, the execution was a letdown. *May contain spoilers*
Like the story, Chandler’s character had so much potential…a woman lost and suppressed in her life and relationship. She did a brave (although at times reckless) thing and went off to find herself, but then she loses herself again with a damaged, emotionally abusive man whose moods flip on a dime. Yes, that’s right, the “hero” of the story— Dawson Michaels, the sexy, alluring hitchhiker— turns out to be free-loading, double-standard wielding, can’t keep it in his pants douchebag.
“Seriously, Chandler, I’m not going to just cut them out cold turkey.” –Dawson on the other women he’s sleeping with.
Chandler is a total doormat, letting Dawson walk all over her. She accepts his double standards and makes apologies for things she really shouldn’t. This most definitely is not a “How Chandler Got Her Groove Back” story. In fact, I wanted to shake the girl and make her grow a backbone. A trust-fund baby, she has the world at her disposal but apparently her self esteem is so bad that she can’t find anything meaningful in life to be fulfilled and wastes all her energies on her insta-lust for a man that gets his needs meet from whoever he feels like, no apologies made.
“Yeah, I f*cking expect you to keep your mouth shut. You have no say, Chandler. None. I’m single. Whatever you think we shared was exactly that, a moment. I go out and do whatever the f*ck I want. If I want to go sleep with half the girls in town, I f*cking will, and you have no say.” –Dawson on being a two-timing man
I absolutely couldn’t look past him sleeping with other women. The fact that their first sex scene follows on the heels of her realization that he does this coupled with the fact that she has sex with him unprotected (yuk), left me feeling disgusted by scenes that were supposedly meant to be a turn-on.
There’s really no true romance as there are many places where it’s more “tell” than “show” in regards to the development of their relationship. All the swoon worthy “falling in love” parts are largely missing. Dawson is no book boyfriend. In fact, he should be a poster boy for the type of guy women need to stay away from. The story basically paints a picture of a guy who’s hot and gorgeous on the surface, but offers nothing at the core. The only connection I saw between them was one of emotional dependence and toxic attachments.
“Unbelievable. I spend a couple of nights in your room, and you think we’re together.” –Dawson on how cuddling means nothing.
Finally, Dawson’s supposed redemption—guys like that don’t change so fantasy goggles are greatly needed for this ending.
*ARC received in exchange for an honest review*
Like the story, Chandler’s character had so much potential…a woman lost and suppressed in her life and relationship. She did a brave (although at times reckless) thing and went off to find herself, but then she loses herself again with a damaged, emotionally abusive man whose moods flip on a dime. Yes, that’s right, the “hero” of the story— Dawson Michaels, the sexy, alluring hitchhiker— turns out to be free-loading, double-standard wielding, can’t keep it in his pants douchebag.
“Seriously, Chandler, I’m not going to just cut them out cold turkey.” –Dawson on the other women he’s sleeping with.
Chandler is a total doormat, letting Dawson walk all over her. She accepts his double standards and makes apologies for things she really shouldn’t. This most definitely is not a “How Chandler Got Her Groove Back” story. In fact, I wanted to shake the girl and make her grow a backbone. A trust-fund baby, she has the world at her disposal but apparently her self esteem is so bad that she can’t find anything meaningful in life to be fulfilled and wastes all her energies on her insta-lust for a man that gets his needs meet from whoever he feels like, no apologies made.
“Yeah, I f*cking expect you to keep your mouth shut. You have no say, Chandler. None. I’m single. Whatever you think we shared was exactly that, a moment. I go out and do whatever the f*ck I want. If I want to go sleep with half the girls in town, I f*cking will, and you have no say.” –Dawson on being a two-timing man
I absolutely couldn’t look past him sleeping with other women. The fact that their first sex scene follows on the heels of her realization that he does this coupled with the fact that she has sex with him unprotected (yuk), left me feeling disgusted by scenes that were supposedly meant to be a turn-on.
There’s really no true romance as there are many places where it’s more “tell” than “show” in regards to the development of their relationship. All the swoon worthy “falling in love” parts are largely missing. Dawson is no book boyfriend. In fact, he should be a poster boy for the type of guy women need to stay away from. The story basically paints a picture of a guy who’s hot and gorgeous on the surface, but offers nothing at the core. The only connection I saw between them was one of emotional dependence and toxic attachments.
“Unbelievable. I spend a couple of nights in your room, and you think we’re together.” –Dawson on how cuddling means nothing.
Finally, Dawson’s supposed redemption—guys like that don’t change so fantasy goggles are greatly needed for this ending.
*ARC received in exchange for an honest review*
April 29, 2015
I just finished Hitchhiker and I am going to say that this wasn't for me. Chandler is feeling lost. She can't take it any more and decides to up and leave. She leaves behind her family and fiancé to "find herself". Along the way she picks up a hitchhiker. She basically ends up bringing Dawson, this stranger, with her to her cabin in Montana. She has immense feelings for him that she hasn't felt before, she can't help herself and they eventually sleep together. Still keep in mind that she hasn't really spoken to her family or her fiancé. When push comes to shove both Dawson and Chandler will have to decide if they are both worth the effort.
I'm trying to think of how I can do this review with constructive criticism. One. For me cheating is not ok. I'm not saying I haven't read a story and didn't still enjoy it but it has to be done for me in a certain way and it didn't work for me in this one. He specifically asks her are you married and she says no. To me technically she will be so this was her out to tell him and she didn't. It was a very selfish move on her part that to be honest, made me feel very disrespected towards her and I could never get over that. Dawson didn't do it for me. Is he hot? Of course but his attitude towards her and how "he'll try" not to sleep with other women and still did really put a bad taste in my mouth. You look for that redeemable quality on both the hero and heroine and I so didn't get it here. They were both selfish and it didn't matter who they hurt, even if it was each other. They both had a very juvenile banter that could have been hot if they were in their teens(which is normal)but not in their 20's or 30's. I also didn't like the back and forth in the timeline. One minute you are reading them and then it goes back to something in the past with no indication that it was doing that. Confusing.
All in all this story had potential with the whole hitchhiker plot but for me not desirable at all.
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Overall 1
I'm trying to think of how I can do this review with constructive criticism. One. For me cheating is not ok. I'm not saying I haven't read a story and didn't still enjoy it but it has to be done for me in a certain way and it didn't work for me in this one. He specifically asks her are you married and she says no. To me technically she will be so this was her out to tell him and she didn't. It was a very selfish move on her part that to be honest, made me feel very disrespected towards her and I could never get over that. Dawson didn't do it for me. Is he hot? Of course but his attitude towards her and how "he'll try" not to sleep with other women and still did really put a bad taste in my mouth. You look for that redeemable quality on both the hero and heroine and I so didn't get it here. They were both selfish and it didn't matter who they hurt, even if it was each other. They both had a very juvenile banter that could have been hot if they were in their teens(which is normal)but not in their 20's or 30's. I also didn't like the back and forth in the timeline. One minute you are reading them and then it goes back to something in the past with no indication that it was doing that. Confusing.
All in all this story had potential with the whole hitchhiker plot but for me not desirable at all.
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Sex 1
Overall 1
June 9, 2015
2 Stars ** I don't like writing bad reviews.
I don't know what to say. I was so excited to read Hitchhiker by Stacy Borel. I was disappointed. Huge book hangover. This story just felt all over the place.
SPOILER ALERT AHEAD-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chandler is a door mat and acts like a spoiled child and Dawson is a cheating dick. He doesn't trust woman because he his girlfriend was cheating on him. Yet he meets Chandler and opens up to her and shares things he hasn't shared with anyone in a long time. Sleeps in her bed every night while cuddling. But he still feels the need to sleep with lots of woman in town. Chandler knows all this but still lets him do what ever he wants because she wants to be with him. W T F.
Plus it ends with THE END (FOR NOW)
I don't know what to say. I was so excited to read Hitchhiker by Stacy Borel. I was disappointed. Huge book hangover. This story just felt all over the place.
SPOILER ALERT AHEAD-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chandler is a door mat and acts like a spoiled child and Dawson is a cheating dick. He doesn't trust woman because he his girlfriend was cheating on him. Yet he meets Chandler and opens up to her and shares things he hasn't shared with anyone in a long time. Sleeps in her bed every night while cuddling. But he still feels the need to sleep with lots of woman in town. Chandler knows all this but still lets him do what ever he wants because she wants to be with him. W T F.
Plus it ends with THE END (FOR NOW)
May 1, 2015
Update- 5/1/15
Full 2 Star Review-
I've got to tell you the amount of tease this author did to amp up this book had me in knots. I could not wait until this went live. When I saw it available to review I was beyond thrilled and quickly put my name on it. Just the new idea of a hitchhiker...a obviously hot hitchhiker, I mean come on, no author is going to give us a story with a non hotty!!!
On starting, I didn't really know what this was about. I just knew I had to read it. The spoiler title and teases gave away all I needed.
So, that said the beginning was bit slow. Chandler decides she needs some 'me' time and literally just takes off. Of course there is a reason but we don't know it. Even her BFF doesn't know it. Her little pit stops weren't exactly reader pleasing but I get why it was there. Come to find out her reasoning's weren't much of a thing that it was lead up to be. I just kept waiting to see the thumb hitching for a ride! When Chandler finally had Mr. Hitchhiker in her vehicle I was stunned that even though she was instantly attracted to him, he didn't appeal to me at all. In fact, he never did. I didn't expect that. I didn't expect perfectness right off the bat but I would have thought he'd come across the page differently. At least some point down the road. I didn't get her prompt want of him either. I did get her questioning the probability of being left in the woods. Certainly. And it's one thing to say he's a looker but when really no words spoken and he has a hood up, what do you expect to be the feeling?
We rode in silence for a good half an hour while I grilled myself over ever possible scenario that could happen. It ranged from my new gorgeous passenger strangling me to death and him burying me in the woods to f*cking me in the backseat. I couldn't deny that I was clearly attracted to him. Of course, if I ever let something like happen, I'd blame it on temporary insanity.
Chapter 5 really threw me a curve ball. I had to reread this section a few times because I was so confused and thought I had missing chapters, missing advances, missing bonding time. Then the start of a new paragraph made it all clear- it was a dream. She went from waking up, waiting on her gourmet coffee pot to finish to Exhaling, I closed my eyes.... And this was the intro to her dream. She went from coffee, to the bedroom, to a different time of day. I was thinking I was nuts. No italics, no mention of day dreaming. This would have helped because I was so off after getting out of this dream. The shift to past from present wasn't done smooth at all. They were too abrupt and really had you questioning where you were in reference to her story.
At Chapter 6 the book shifted. It was as if Dawson met some magical talking bunny while lugging wood because when he walked into the cabin it was a different man. It was a different book, a different feel. I liked this change to an extent. One, it didn't last long and two it didn't really happen again. I was beginning to worry that this book wasn't going to live up to my teased expectations.
"No more sadness tonight. Tonight we just sleep knowing neither of us is alone. Tomorrow we can go back to the way it was."
I thought it was a true turning page, it wasn't. I feel like a big puzzle piece is missing. I like that he has a small KA feel. The broody, almost silent, big macho man. But when there is really no communication to connect with and it doesn't ever begin to build or exist. Their... um...relations(they really had no relationship) really didn't do much either. I didn't feel connected with him or them. Having conversation not shown but summarized always leaves me missing out. There was a lot of this Sure those conversation are boring sometimes but they show human kinship. Dawson, himself, never changed. Even at the end I didn't believe him. I didn't feel his want his need sure. That's why he has all the girls. He has major want in that aspect.
Another thing that made me shake my head in question was Chandler herself. What I really don't get was she left her life, her family, her fiancé behind because she wasn't happy. She, so set, did everything to make her fiancé happy but not her. He complained she only read on her e-reader. So now she wants this life with Dawson at the cabin but I don't see a difference. She does NOTHING all day BUT READ and cook and wait for him in bed. Oh she grocery shops and plays in the snow????????
I wanted to stay in our little bubble and never come out. What I had here in this house was real to me. I wanted that life. It was what I strived for. Perfection.
How can THAT be happy. What life was that with a guy who barely speaks, gone all day from work, gone half the night and comes back after he's done other girls.
How can she think so highly of him. How can she consider him-
You're Everything
How can that be? Clearly he didn't care for her as she crazily did.
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2 I'm sorry Stars :(
Nothing worked for me here.
The characters did nothing to win me over. There was no connection, no winning attributes on either part of the characters.
The heroine wanted a change from her current life but did NOTHING to actually make a change. She did NOTHING period. The hero was no hero. He was a guy, a real guy, who couldn't keep it in his pants. "I'll try" PFFFF....more like bye bye.
The choppy transition from present to past made me think I was crazy and missed some major plot.
I can't tell you how disappointed I am after waiting and wanting this book forever. The tease leading up to this book was the BEST part.
Full 2 Star Review-
I've got to tell you the amount of tease this author did to amp up this book had me in knots. I could not wait until this went live. When I saw it available to review I was beyond thrilled and quickly put my name on it. Just the new idea of a hitchhiker...a obviously hot hitchhiker, I mean come on, no author is going to give us a story with a non hotty!!!
On starting, I didn't really know what this was about. I just knew I had to read it. The spoiler title and teases gave away all I needed.
So, that said the beginning was bit slow. Chandler decides she needs some 'me' time and literally just takes off. Of course there is a reason but we don't know it. Even her BFF doesn't know it. Her little pit stops weren't exactly reader pleasing but I get why it was there. Come to find out her reasoning's weren't much of a thing that it was lead up to be. I just kept waiting to see the thumb hitching for a ride! When Chandler finally had Mr. Hitchhiker in her vehicle I was stunned that even though she was instantly attracted to him, he didn't appeal to me at all. In fact, he never did. I didn't expect that. I didn't expect perfectness right off the bat but I would have thought he'd come across the page differently. At least some point down the road. I didn't get her prompt want of him either. I did get her questioning the probability of being left in the woods. Certainly. And it's one thing to say he's a looker but when really no words spoken and he has a hood up, what do you expect to be the feeling?
We rode in silence for a good half an hour while I grilled myself over ever possible scenario that could happen. It ranged from my new gorgeous passenger strangling me to death and him burying me in the woods to f*cking me in the backseat. I couldn't deny that I was clearly attracted to him. Of course, if I ever let something like happen, I'd blame it on temporary insanity.
Chapter 5 really threw me a curve ball. I had to reread this section a few times because I was so confused and thought I had missing chapters, missing advances, missing bonding time. Then the start of a new paragraph made it all clear- it was a dream. She went from waking up, waiting on her gourmet coffee pot to finish to Exhaling, I closed my eyes.... And this was the intro to her dream. She went from coffee, to the bedroom, to a different time of day. I was thinking I was nuts. No italics, no mention of day dreaming. This would have helped because I was so off after getting out of this dream. The shift to past from present wasn't done smooth at all. They were too abrupt and really had you questioning where you were in reference to her story.
At Chapter 6 the book shifted. It was as if Dawson met some magical talking bunny while lugging wood because when he walked into the cabin it was a different man. It was a different book, a different feel. I liked this change to an extent. One, it didn't last long and two it didn't really happen again. I was beginning to worry that this book wasn't going to live up to my teased expectations.
"No more sadness tonight. Tonight we just sleep knowing neither of us is alone. Tomorrow we can go back to the way it was."
I thought it was a true turning page, it wasn't. I feel like a big puzzle piece is missing. I like that he has a small KA feel. The broody, almost silent, big macho man. But when there is really no communication to connect with and it doesn't ever begin to build or exist. Their... um...relations(they really had no relationship) really didn't do much either. I didn't feel connected with him or them. Having conversation not shown but summarized always leaves me missing out. There was a lot of this Sure those conversation are boring sometimes but they show human kinship. Dawson, himself, never changed. Even at the end I didn't believe him. I didn't feel his want his need sure. That's why he has all the girls. He has major want in that aspect.
Another thing that made me shake my head in question was Chandler herself. What I really don't get was she left her life, her family, her fiancé behind because she wasn't happy. She, so set, did everything to make her fiancé happy but not her. He complained she only read on her e-reader. So now she wants this life with Dawson at the cabin but I don't see a difference. She does NOTHING all day BUT READ and cook and wait for him in bed. Oh she grocery shops and plays in the snow????????
I wanted to stay in our little bubble and never come out. What I had here in this house was real to me. I wanted that life. It was what I strived for. Perfection.
How can THAT be happy. What life was that with a guy who barely speaks, gone all day from work, gone half the night and comes back after he's done other girls.
How can she think so highly of him. How can she consider him-
You're Everything
How can that be? Clearly he didn't care for her as she crazily did.
______________________________________________________
2 I'm sorry Stars :(
Nothing worked for me here.
The characters did nothing to win me over. There was no connection, no winning attributes on either part of the characters.
The heroine wanted a change from her current life but did NOTHING to actually make a change. She did NOTHING period. The hero was no hero. He was a guy, a real guy, who couldn't keep it in his pants. "I'll try" PFFFF....more like bye bye.
The choppy transition from present to past made me think I was crazy and missed some major plot.
I can't tell you how disappointed I am after waiting and wanting this book forever. The tease leading up to this book was the BEST part.
April 30, 2015
Umm it could have been WAY better
I was really excited to read this book. And to be honest it was eh. The whole time I was reading this book I was so confused. I don't know. It just felt like it lacked a good plot. It lacked a lot of things actually.
The characters pissed me off so bad. Especially Chandler. I had such high hopes for this book. Especially because of how much I loved Stacy's book Bender. But this book just failed.
Heres to hoping Slider turns out just like Bender and not like this book.
I was really excited to read this book. And to be honest it was eh. The whole time I was reading this book I was so confused. I don't know. It just felt like it lacked a good plot. It lacked a lot of things actually.
The characters pissed me off so bad. Especially Chandler. I had such high hopes for this book. Especially because of how much I loved Stacy's book Bender. But this book just failed.
Heres to hoping Slider turns out just like Bender and not like this book.
May 18, 2020
Honestly, I was expecting something entirely different when I started reading this book.
The Main Male Character is what I didn't like about 'Hitchhiker' and like is a very weak choice of a word. Seriously, Dawson should come with a BIG freaking WARNING!!
Why?
He's so arrogant, controlling, the bad kind. He thinks cheating on Chandler isn't a problem at all. What the?! And he's playing with her and her feelings the whole freaking time... Sweet, just sweet. And in the end she falls in love with him! How is this possible, how can you love someone who treats you like shit and cheats on you multiple times??!! It's just soo unbelievable.
And for ending: my 'favourite' quotes from the book, so you can see more clearly what I'm talking about...
The Main Male Character is what I didn't like about 'Hitchhiker' and like is a very weak choice of a word. Seriously, Dawson should come with a BIG freaking WARNING!!
Why?
He's so arrogant, controlling, the bad kind. He thinks cheating on Chandler isn't a problem at all. What the?! And he's playing with her and her feelings the whole freaking time... Sweet, just sweet. And in the end she falls in love with him! How is this possible, how can you love someone who treats you like shit and cheats on you multiple times??!! It's just soo unbelievable.
And for ending: my 'favourite' quotes from the book, so you can see more clearly what I'm talking about...
May 3, 2015
*long drawn out sigh*
Fabulous...review to come with my tour date of 5/4/15.
**FULL REVIEW**
“I was no longer the girl who went with the flow and smiled at everything. I was a stranger living in a body that I recognized but wasn’t mine. I had disconnected so much that it was as if my soul stood outside of my body, waiting for me to realize that this was who I was now.”
Determined to find herself again, after years of suppressing everything she had been for the happiness of others, Chandler takes off from her pristine shell of a life in Maine without so much as a word to anyone but her best friend. Needing time to get away without being chased and brought back to the life she hated, words were few and far between.
As she drove aimlessly, her heart subconsciously knew exactly where it was going…back to a time and place when life was simple, happy, and everything her current existence wasn’t. Never did she imagine that along the way she’d cross paths with one person who could see past the careful façade she lived behind for so long…
Never did she think that the numbness she felt for so long could be melted by a simple hitchhiker…
“He trusted me at this moment, and I trusted him. I couldn’t really call him a stranger any longer. It was not the length of time that you knew someone that made the relationship but the connection. I felt connected to Dawson—right here, right now.”
As I was reading this book, I connected with Chandler on some strange level. Knowing what it’s like to be “on” all the time is exhausting. I don’t care who you are, sometimes separation is the best medicine for finding oneself in a world where no matter how far you go, you are connected in some way to the people in your life. She needed away from that…and that takes courage. Most people would just continue to exist. Chandler chose a different path and in that journey she discovered things about herself.
Did she appear weak? Sometimes. But everyone does at some point. Did she come across as a doormat? Not in the least. Choosing to allow Dawson his so-called indiscretions was a bit stupid, almost making it seem as though she were trading one life of catering for another, just on a different level…but she grew. She realized her patterns and corrected them. What I loved is that it seemed too little too late…
“You don’t chase and I don’t beg.”
Stacy Borel did a great thing with this novel. Even though most people wanted and expected something else, she held true to herself, her characters, and which voice was screaming the loudest. I applaud her for this, because no doubt it brought out the haters. I absolutely enjoyed reading Hitchhiker and felt it was a fresh spin on a forbidden/mysterious romance. I never once felt cheated or that I was missing something in this book. Yes, there were parts that seemed confusing (her flashbacks) because it needed some sort of separation but I laughed it off because at the end of the day, I figured it out pretty quick that I wasn’t in fact missing a piece of the story or that she jumped ahead to something entirely different. It was a simple error…and since I read so many stories with errors, this one seemed minor. The style was great, grammar and flow were spot on; I fell into the pages of this book and never once looked up until the last page was turned. To me, that’s pretty damn good.
**5 Taking the High Road, Stars**
Fabulous...review to come with my tour date of 5/4/15.
**FULL REVIEW**
“I was no longer the girl who went with the flow and smiled at everything. I was a stranger living in a body that I recognized but wasn’t mine. I had disconnected so much that it was as if my soul stood outside of my body, waiting for me to realize that this was who I was now.”
Determined to find herself again, after years of suppressing everything she had been for the happiness of others, Chandler takes off from her pristine shell of a life in Maine without so much as a word to anyone but her best friend. Needing time to get away without being chased and brought back to the life she hated, words were few and far between.
As she drove aimlessly, her heart subconsciously knew exactly where it was going…back to a time and place when life was simple, happy, and everything her current existence wasn’t. Never did she imagine that along the way she’d cross paths with one person who could see past the careful façade she lived behind for so long…
Never did she think that the numbness she felt for so long could be melted by a simple hitchhiker…
“He trusted me at this moment, and I trusted him. I couldn’t really call him a stranger any longer. It was not the length of time that you knew someone that made the relationship but the connection. I felt connected to Dawson—right here, right now.”
As I was reading this book, I connected with Chandler on some strange level. Knowing what it’s like to be “on” all the time is exhausting. I don’t care who you are, sometimes separation is the best medicine for finding oneself in a world where no matter how far you go, you are connected in some way to the people in your life. She needed away from that…and that takes courage. Most people would just continue to exist. Chandler chose a different path and in that journey she discovered things about herself.
Did she appear weak? Sometimes. But everyone does at some point. Did she come across as a doormat? Not in the least. Choosing to allow Dawson his so-called indiscretions was a bit stupid, almost making it seem as though she were trading one life of catering for another, just on a different level…but she grew. She realized her patterns and corrected them. What I loved is that it seemed too little too late…
“You don’t chase and I don’t beg.”
Stacy Borel did a great thing with this novel. Even though most people wanted and expected something else, she held true to herself, her characters, and which voice was screaming the loudest. I applaud her for this, because no doubt it brought out the haters. I absolutely enjoyed reading Hitchhiker and felt it was a fresh spin on a forbidden/mysterious romance. I never once felt cheated or that I was missing something in this book. Yes, there were parts that seemed confusing (her flashbacks) because it needed some sort of separation but I laughed it off because at the end of the day, I figured it out pretty quick that I wasn’t in fact missing a piece of the story or that she jumped ahead to something entirely different. It was a simple error…and since I read so many stories with errors, this one seemed minor. The style was great, grammar and flow were spot on; I fell into the pages of this book and never once looked up until the last page was turned. To me, that’s pretty damn good.
**5 Taking the High Road, Stars**
May 1, 2015
I was very excited for this book. The blurb was promising, the premise exciting! I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one and when I did, I started it at once. It wasn't what I expected. That's not a bad thing.
Chandler is a confused young woman. She has been living the perfect life for the last few years but in the end she's unhappy. A comfortable life and a fiance she no longer feels a conection for is not enough for her. She wants out. She searches for an escape and she decides to leave. She abandons her life, the man she's engaged to, everything, and starts a road trip. Along the way, she meets a hitchhiker. Dawson is a mysterious man and someone who Chandler feels an instant connection to. She helps him by offering him a ride and things get complicated after that.
Chandler falls in love with a man she barely knows, a man who has no problem hurting her, but she can do nothing about it. Dawson makes her feel alive, he makes her feel protected even when he is cruel and cold to her.
Will they make their relationship work? Will Dawson change? Will Chandler change and face her life and the consequences of the choices she made?
What I liked about this book: the style and the atmosphere. It had a certain charm that kept me turning the page, eager for more. I also liked the development.
What put me off: the cheating. Both characters lie and hurt each other. Chandler was a total doormat when it came to Dawson. He hurt her emotionally, he slept around but she still took him back; every time. Her brief bravado always failed her when it came to him and that made me want to virtually shake her. We find out zero about Dawson as the story goes on and that made it a little hard for me to find any redeeming qualities in him. He had his charm but nothing deeper.
Chandler really needed to come clear with her fiance before she did anything. Leaving obviously didn't solve anything because she had to face him anyway. I found her extremely selfish and I couldn't connect to her.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, I was excited to find out what was going to happen but it wasn't anything like I expected. The writing was good but as promising as the premise was, it fell a little flat for me.
4 Stars from me!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Chandler is a confused young woman. She has been living the perfect life for the last few years but in the end she's unhappy. A comfortable life and a fiance she no longer feels a conection for is not enough for her. She wants out. She searches for an escape and she decides to leave. She abandons her life, the man she's engaged to, everything, and starts a road trip. Along the way, she meets a hitchhiker. Dawson is a mysterious man and someone who Chandler feels an instant connection to. She helps him by offering him a ride and things get complicated after that.
Chandler falls in love with a man she barely knows, a man who has no problem hurting her, but she can do nothing about it. Dawson makes her feel alive, he makes her feel protected even when he is cruel and cold to her.
Will they make their relationship work? Will Dawson change? Will Chandler change and face her life and the consequences of the choices she made?
What I liked about this book: the style and the atmosphere. It had a certain charm that kept me turning the page, eager for more. I also liked the development.
What put me off: the cheating. Both characters lie and hurt each other. Chandler was a total doormat when it came to Dawson. He hurt her emotionally, he slept around but she still took him back; every time. Her brief bravado always failed her when it came to him and that made me want to virtually shake her. We find out zero about Dawson as the story goes on and that made it a little hard for me to find any redeeming qualities in him. He had his charm but nothing deeper.
Chandler really needed to come clear with her fiance before she did anything. Leaving obviously didn't solve anything because she had to face him anyway. I found her extremely selfish and I couldn't connect to her.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, I was excited to find out what was going to happen but it wasn't anything like I expected. The writing was good but as promising as the premise was, it fell a little flat for me.
4 Stars from me!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
May 5, 2015
What can I say? This book is kind of ridiculous.
The idea itself, is actually intriguing. Especially with that cover. I mean, come on. Look at that hunky hunk! If he's the one who hitchhike, I'd totally let him get in my car. Psssh!
Chandler's suffocating. She have a beautiful life; rich family, huge house, handsome fiance and loyal best friend, yet she didn't enjoy anything at all. She need to get away. Because of that she just grab her car key and drive. Then, enter Dawson, a hitchhiker who needs a ride. Who is he? Will Chandler find her way back?
See? The basic is pretty intriguing. And I picked up this book because of that. But then, I start reading and.. Splat! I was so wrong. I'll put them in spoiler button.
And I'm done. Overall, this book is totally all over the place, the writing is good but in the end, it's still confusing as hell. The author needs to step up her plot and her storyline because this one is clearly, at lease to me, didn't make it. Sorry.
The idea itself, is actually intriguing. Especially with that cover. I mean, come on. Look at that hunky hunk! If he's the one who hitchhike, I'd totally let him get in my car. Psssh!
Chandler's suffocating. She have a beautiful life; rich family, huge house, handsome fiance and loyal best friend, yet she didn't enjoy anything at all. She need to get away. Because of that she just grab her car key and drive. Then, enter Dawson, a hitchhiker who needs a ride. Who is he? Will Chandler find her way back?
See? The basic is pretty intriguing. And I picked up this book because of that. But then, I start reading and.. Splat! I was so wrong. I'll put them in spoiler button.
And I'm done. Overall, this book is totally all over the place, the writing is good but in the end, it's still confusing as hell. The author needs to step up her plot and her storyline because this one is clearly, at lease to me, didn't make it. Sorry.
April 29, 2015
Contains mild spoilers
This book absolutely killed me! The book was all over the place. It was turning out great until the cheating started happening. Yes, she cheated on her fiance with Dawson multiple times. Then when Dawson finds out about it he basically doesn't care but you know what? He wants to screw her and screw other girls too! *throws hands in the air in frustration*.
The guy was a total dick for no apparent reason. He basically plays with her feelings and she lets him. (He basically admits that he is playing her)
He doesn’t care about her. I had a few moments of disbelief. He says he is damaged and hasn't been in a relationship in a long time. His ex-screwed him over and cheated. He has trust issues. She tells him she won't cheat. He says i know! I know? How stupid is he! She is cheating on her fiance with him NOW! Smh… *Pulls my hair out!*
The guy ran all over her and she let him until 75% into the book. She grew a small backbone but went running back.
Chandler- this is a man basically telling me that he can give me here and now’ to the best of his ability but not a promise of even a semi-long term relationship.
This guy played with her feelings plain and simple and she let him. She was weak. She cheated multiple times on her fiance and never even felt a little bit of guilt. Seth her fiance and her had their little fights, but he didn't deserve that. She broke up with him over the phone!!! I pushed through this book trying to see if it got better. But i was highly disappointed. Seth bullied her, but you could tell her cared about her, i would take Seth any day of Dawson. Dawson was mean and treated her like scum. He treated her poorly and then at the end he tells her he loves her. If a man truly loved her then he wouldn't treat her so poorly.
I liked the author's other books, but this one just killed me. If you like weak girls that cheats on her fiance and lets the guy treat her like crap then this is the book for you!!
I received this arc for an honest review!
This book absolutely killed me! The book was all over the place. It was turning out great until the cheating started happening. Yes, she cheated on her fiance with Dawson multiple times. Then when Dawson finds out about it he basically doesn't care but you know what? He wants to screw her and screw other girls too! *throws hands in the air in frustration*.
The guy was a total dick for no apparent reason. He basically plays with her feelings and she lets him. (He basically admits that he is playing her)
He doesn’t care about her. I had a few moments of disbelief. He says he is damaged and hasn't been in a relationship in a long time. His ex-screwed him over and cheated. He has trust issues. She tells him she won't cheat. He says i know! I know? How stupid is he! She is cheating on her fiance with him NOW! Smh… *Pulls my hair out!*
The guy ran all over her and she let him until 75% into the book. She grew a small backbone but went running back.
Chandler- this is a man basically telling me that he can give me here and now’ to the best of his ability but not a promise of even a semi-long term relationship.
This guy played with her feelings plain and simple and she let him. She was weak. She cheated multiple times on her fiance and never even felt a little bit of guilt. Seth her fiance and her had their little fights, but he didn't deserve that. She broke up with him over the phone!!! I pushed through this book trying to see if it got better. But i was highly disappointed. Seth bullied her, but you could tell her cared about her, i would take Seth any day of Dawson. Dawson was mean and treated her like scum. He treated her poorly and then at the end he tells her he loves her. If a man truly loved her then he wouldn't treat her so poorly.
I liked the author's other books, but this one just killed me. If you like weak girls that cheats on her fiance and lets the guy treat her like crap then this is the book for you!!
I received this arc for an honest review!
April 26, 2021
I am so disappointed with this book because honestly It kinda wasted my time. The story was so shallow and the characters are so pathetic! I cannot believe that Chandler just literally fell in love with a stranger (Dawson) and even went to the extent of accusing him of cheating when in the first place they're not even exclusive... I get it they had sex and all that sh*t but still it doesn't justify her actions, i find it very stupid... As for Dawson he was trying to be so disconnected with Chandler to the point that I don't find him appealing anymore i mean I've read so many books with detached and disconnected male characters but "Dawson" is the worst! He literally doesn't have a personality... I get that his role was supposed to be commintment-phobe but seriously it was so unappealing already and he didn't even fought for Chandler he just sent her to the hospital then.... NADA!!!! Nothing at all.. He asked Seth to check her when he could have done it himself since it was basically at the end part of the book and i just cant stop thinking about so many things that is wrong with this book, the story was poorly thought of i mean the "hitchiker" idea was amazing it's really interesting if the writer managed to come up with a little deeper and m profound story for it. It just didn't sit well with me and i felt like i wasted my 2 hours for nothing. So to sum it up. I DIDN'T FREAKING LIKE IT... SORRY!
May 3, 2015
This is breaking my heart to write this review. I really liked Bender from Stacy Borel and was excited to read this while patiently waiting for Slider to come out. I couldn't be more disappointed. This was a let down. I never once felt a connection to the hero or heroine. So much was missing that could have made this decent. More time spent on building a relationship with the two of them. instead of oh sure come sleep with me. I believe she was trying for the sexy mysterious with the hero but instead actually created a bonified asshole. Something didn't go his way he went and slept with someone else. she was trying to "find" herself....but couldn't be honest about anything to save her life. Walked away from a lifelong best friend..... I'm going to stop here.
Despite this, I'm still looking forward the 2nd in the core brothers series and keeping my fingers crossed that it will be as good as Bender.
Despite this, I'm still looking forward the 2nd in the core brothers series and keeping my fingers crossed that it will be as good as Bender.
April 30, 2015
I really hate saying this, but this book was not for me. I didn't like the characters...the heroine is a doormat and the hero, who I didn't see as having any hero like qualities is a complete asshole. I have no clue why Chandler makes the choices that she does with Dawson, allowing him to constantly treat her like shit without standing up for herself. Because readers don't get Dawson's point of view, I don't see how anyone can like or understand him, which makes any kind of character connection impossible.
The storyline just didn't work for me...there were flashbacks or memories that seemed out of place and the plot didn't feel cohesive at all...the abrupt scene changes made it difficult to understand and there was not much insight provided for any of the situations that played out.
I just didn't gel with this one at all.
The storyline just didn't work for me...there were flashbacks or memories that seemed out of place and the plot didn't feel cohesive at all...the abrupt scene changes made it difficult to understand and there was not much insight provided for any of the situations that played out.
I just didn't gel with this one at all.
April 29, 2015
I was disappointed with this book...the heroine was so weak. She was more of an annoyance and Dawson wasn't much better. She was is doormat...I was mad 50% of the time with her reactions and demented neediness after knowing this man for a month. You don't really get to understand him at all because he NEVER opened up. Overall, it was all very confusing. I just didn't buy their happily ever after at all. But in the meantime, I'll wait for Slider. Hopefully that makes up for the book.
P.S.
Please release Slider soon.
P.S.S.
Did I mention I was waiting on Slider?
P.S.
Please release Slider soon.
P.S.S.
Did I mention I was waiting on Slider?
Want to read
April 22, 2015
May 1, 2015
Excuse me if this is jumbled all over the place i just don't know were to start. 2.5 stars defo
Someone shoot me now....... Ok for starters I love stacy borel as an author and loved bender but this book just had the woman character as a door mat. I really thought this book was gonna be amazing. All the teasers stacy had been putting up on her FB page and all the sexy pictures of shawn Dawson made me want to make sure I read it straight away.
Ok anyways
Chandler..... Yes I know this name is not the best for the woman I imagined for this book. Well chandler has everything going for her. She has an amazing fiancé Seth who she has been with for four years, he works for chandlers dad and is always in New York and only comes home on the weekends. She also comes from a family who are wealthy and isn't short for money. Practically she doesn't even work and has no need to. Also Seth is apparently controlling and I never once felt this from him.
Chandler decided she has had enough and does not like her life really and just ups and leaves and she feels like she missing something. She practically takes sweet FA with her to which for a women is stupid......if I had her money I probably take much either as I could just buy it.....thinking out loud SORRY
Sorry for the rambling I'm trying to get this of my chest badly arrrggghhhhh
Breath and start again.......
Ok she drives of and after few days on the road of stopping at a few towns she ends up seeing this blob in the snowy road up ahead and finally realises it's a man, HITHICKER. She finally lets him in the car and she mentally fights with herself not to let him in the car and tells herself this is the whole point of her journey to break free and feel shit. Yes this is so fecked up it's annoying me even writing this review. Ok so to cut a long story short she is on her way to a cabin that was her grandparents and her dad ended up renovating few yrs back. This is were she has finally decided to go as she had no destination in mind to begin with. So she lets this hot Hitchiker stay with her who's name is Dawson......uuummmmm stacy seems to like Dawson.
So Dawson ends up being this complete control freak who is moody, arrogant and a douche bag to her but she still likes him and let's him come and go as he please and sleeps with other women and comes back to her.
The thing that annoyed me the most was there was no real reason or story to why she did what she did. She kept saying to Dawson you don't know what I have been through to. (She has been through nothing) Dawson apparently has had a hard time to, his dad died young and thats really all you get. He is so switched of and has been hurt my another relationship he was in. There is no reason to why he was a complete prick and she was a door mat.
I know this probably makes no sense as it really didn't to me. I felt this was rushed and it could of been a really good story. The two characters just didn't make any sense to me. They just had no character if you know what I mean.
EXAMPLE. Door mat material
He threw his hands up in the air. “Unbelievable. I spend a couple of nights in your room, and you think we’re together.” “I never said that.” Although, part of me felt entitled to him. “Then what is it? Whether I was with someone else or not, we aren’t a couple, Chandler. I don’t have any obligation to you.” I stood up from the couch and rounded it to stand right in front of him. My chest was heaving, and I bit down on my tongue to prevent tears from springing to my eyes. “You’re right, we aren’t a couple. No need to be a dick and remind me of that.” “Then quit acting like I’m yours. All it’s going to do is piss me off.” “Noted.” I had nothing else to say, and frankly, I just wanted the whole conversation to end so I could go back to my room. I turned to leave and he replied to my back, “Awesome, now you’re going to go pout. What the fuck ever, Chandler.”
This just wasn't for me. Who In there right mind would let someone treat them like that. I know for sure I wouldn't.
Someone shoot me now....... Ok for starters I love stacy borel as an author and loved bender but this book just had the woman character as a door mat. I really thought this book was gonna be amazing. All the teasers stacy had been putting up on her FB page and all the sexy pictures of shawn Dawson made me want to make sure I read it straight away.
Ok anyways
Chandler..... Yes I know this name is not the best for the woman I imagined for this book. Well chandler has everything going for her. She has an amazing fiancé Seth who she has been with for four years, he works for chandlers dad and is always in New York and only comes home on the weekends. She also comes from a family who are wealthy and isn't short for money. Practically she doesn't even work and has no need to. Also Seth is apparently controlling and I never once felt this from him.
Chandler decided she has had enough and does not like her life really and just ups and leaves and she feels like she missing something. She practically takes sweet FA with her to which for a women is stupid......if I had her money I probably take much either as I could just buy it.....thinking out loud SORRY
Sorry for the rambling I'm trying to get this of my chest badly arrrggghhhhh
Breath and start again.......
Ok she drives of and after few days on the road of stopping at a few towns she ends up seeing this blob in the snowy road up ahead and finally realises it's a man, HITHICKER. She finally lets him in the car and she mentally fights with herself not to let him in the car and tells herself this is the whole point of her journey to break free and feel shit. Yes this is so fecked up it's annoying me even writing this review. Ok so to cut a long story short she is on her way to a cabin that was her grandparents and her dad ended up renovating few yrs back. This is were she has finally decided to go as she had no destination in mind to begin with. So she lets this hot Hitchiker stay with her who's name is Dawson......uuummmmm stacy seems to like Dawson.
So Dawson ends up being this complete control freak who is moody, arrogant and a douche bag to her but she still likes him and let's him come and go as he please and sleeps with other women and comes back to her.
The thing that annoyed me the most was there was no real reason or story to why she did what she did. She kept saying to Dawson you don't know what I have been through to. (She has been through nothing) Dawson apparently has had a hard time to, his dad died young and thats really all you get. He is so switched of and has been hurt my another relationship he was in. There is no reason to why he was a complete prick and she was a door mat.
I know this probably makes no sense as it really didn't to me. I felt this was rushed and it could of been a really good story. The two characters just didn't make any sense to me. They just had no character if you know what I mean.
EXAMPLE. Door mat material
He threw his hands up in the air. “Unbelievable. I spend a couple of nights in your room, and you think we’re together.” “I never said that.” Although, part of me felt entitled to him. “Then what is it? Whether I was with someone else or not, we aren’t a couple, Chandler. I don’t have any obligation to you.” I stood up from the couch and rounded it to stand right in front of him. My chest was heaving, and I bit down on my tongue to prevent tears from springing to my eyes. “You’re right, we aren’t a couple. No need to be a dick and remind me of that.” “Then quit acting like I’m yours. All it’s going to do is piss me off.” “Noted.” I had nothing else to say, and frankly, I just wanted the whole conversation to end so I could go back to my room. I turned to leave and he replied to my back, “Awesome, now you’re going to go pout. What the fuck ever, Chandler.”
This just wasn't for me. Who In there right mind would let someone treat them like that. I know for sure I wouldn't.
May 1, 2015
I wanted to love this book, truly I did, I just didn't.
It fell short. Maybe it was because I had put so many hopes into the idea of it being great. I loved this Authors past books, yet this one was just not one I would recommend.
The development of the characters and the turmoils that were described to be feeling, well it was bleak. As in I felt nothing I should have been feeling and a whole lot of things I shouldn't.
Let me start out with Chandler...
I understand the feelings of living a life you felt like a stranger in. I mean she fell in to a pattern and lost the real "her" she had hoped to be. So what does she do?
She picks up, packs a small bag and drives with no particular designated location in her mind...until
Oh yeah I could visit the cabin in Montana that my parents left me.
Hm, pretty sure I would have remembered about the cabin I own and loved as a kid, um...did I mention she owned the cabin???
Okay anyway, along the way she picks up a hitchhiker. So I know it is a fantasy world so I will state the fact that I WOULD NEVER pick up some random stranger along the road.
But if I did I would never allow him to stay in my vehicle...after being a total ASS, which DAWSON was.
Now on to Dawson because I just gotta.
He is an arrogant, controlling asshole. He is rude and careless. He is mean and selfish. Chandler had offered her car, her home and he treated her like a doormat.
Yet, she still slept with him...WHILE she had a fiance back home.
So cheating is a NO NO and once a cheater always one, right?
Um Yes, she cheats yet tells Dawson she will be true to him, HELL she is cheating now!
And Dawson OMG he can't keep his dick out of Random woman. He continues to go in to town and cheat with woman yet Chandler continues to forgive him and then...SLEEP WITH HIM AGAIN!
His response...
"Okay. I'll do my best." (Dawson's Words) "Seriously, Chandler, I'm not going to just cut them out cold turkey." (Regarding the woman he is sleeping with)
Um hello, Hell yeah you will or you can walk your controlling ass out the door and don't look back. Better yet just hit the f%$#ing door now. (That would have been my response)
The story was just weak, missing the depth and emotional connection. It was so back and forth and at times, easy to get lost in. Not lost in as in so in tuned with the story you forget everything around you...NO
I mean lost as in, one minute she was pouring a cup of coffee in the kitchen and then BAM
She is drunk and stumbling around as she falls in to bed with Dawson.
I was truly disappointed and just had hopes for Hitchhiker that fell short.
It fell short. Maybe it was because I had put so many hopes into the idea of it being great. I loved this Authors past books, yet this one was just not one I would recommend.
The development of the characters and the turmoils that were described to be feeling, well it was bleak. As in I felt nothing I should have been feeling and a whole lot of things I shouldn't.
Let me start out with Chandler...
I understand the feelings of living a life you felt like a stranger in. I mean she fell in to a pattern and lost the real "her" she had hoped to be. So what does she do?
She picks up, packs a small bag and drives with no particular designated location in her mind...until
Oh yeah I could visit the cabin in Montana that my parents left me.
Hm, pretty sure I would have remembered about the cabin I own and loved as a kid, um...did I mention she owned the cabin???
Okay anyway, along the way she picks up a hitchhiker. So I know it is a fantasy world so I will state the fact that I WOULD NEVER pick up some random stranger along the road.
But if I did I would never allow him to stay in my vehicle...after being a total ASS, which DAWSON was.
Now on to Dawson because I just gotta.
He is an arrogant, controlling asshole. He is rude and careless. He is mean and selfish. Chandler had offered her car, her home and he treated her like a doormat.
Yet, she still slept with him...WHILE she had a fiance back home.
So cheating is a NO NO and once a cheater always one, right?
Um Yes, she cheats yet tells Dawson she will be true to him, HELL she is cheating now!
And Dawson OMG he can't keep his dick out of Random woman. He continues to go in to town and cheat with woman yet Chandler continues to forgive him and then...SLEEP WITH HIM AGAIN!
His response...
"Okay. I'll do my best." (Dawson's Words) "Seriously, Chandler, I'm not going to just cut them out cold turkey." (Regarding the woman he is sleeping with)
Um hello, Hell yeah you will or you can walk your controlling ass out the door and don't look back. Better yet just hit the f%$#ing door now. (That would have been my response)
The story was just weak, missing the depth and emotional connection. It was so back and forth and at times, easy to get lost in. Not lost in as in so in tuned with the story you forget everything around you...NO
I mean lost as in, one minute she was pouring a cup of coffee in the kitchen and then BAM
She is drunk and stumbling around as she falls in to bed with Dawson.
I was truly disappointed and just had hopes for Hitchhiker that fell short.
May 22, 2015
Some books are like a wreck as it happens; you can't look away no matter how bad it gets, but you keep telling yourself "It has to get better because it can't get any worse." Oh yes it could, and did. This book went from bad to worse.
The heroine, and I use that term loosely, Chandler, is an exact carbon copy of the female character from the author's first book, a rich, unhappy house wife, even though Chandler isn't married yet. They've been dating three years and live together but aren't married and don't seem to have any intentions of getting married, but Chandler is just so unhappy that she chucks it all away and just starts driving with nothing more than a bag, which might seem desperate if she couldn't just buy more of whatever she wanted because she has a trust fund. During this drive she decides to head to Big Sky to the house her dad built on her grandparents' land. The house he never lived in and she's never seen, even though it was her favorite place on Earth and she was given the deed when she graduated college, which by the way, why did she even go to college, she never worked. But this is just the first inconsistency of many in the book. I have three letters for you G-P-S. These rich, supposedly educated people with nice vehicles don't know how to use this feature apparently. A possible dream sequence that gives no signs it's a dream sequence. Which if it was, who dreams of having somebody throw a shoe at them?
The only thing consistent about the book is Dawson is a dick from beginning to end and Chandler is a whiny, unsympathetic baby who makes dumb decisions while saying one thing and doing the exact opposite and needs to grow up. At the end we, the reader, are supposed to feel like her fiancé was wrong for what he did. Umm, hello? It's the only rational thing in the story.
The writing was rushed. There was a lot of telling us why everything before Chandler ran away was so bad, but everything we're told after she runs away is the exact same thing. This book just makes no sense.
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The heroine, and I use that term loosely, Chandler, is an exact carbon copy of the female character from the author's first book, a rich, unhappy house wife, even though Chandler isn't married yet. They've been dating three years and live together but aren't married and don't seem to have any intentions of getting married, but Chandler is just so unhappy that she chucks it all away and just starts driving with nothing more than a bag, which might seem desperate if she couldn't just buy more of whatever she wanted because she has a trust fund. During this drive she decides to head to Big Sky to the house her dad built on her grandparents' land. The house he never lived in and she's never seen, even though it was her favorite place on Earth and she was given the deed when she graduated college, which by the way, why did she even go to college, she never worked. But this is just the first inconsistency of many in the book. I have three letters for you G-P-S. These rich, supposedly educated people with nice vehicles don't know how to use this feature apparently. A possible dream sequence that gives no signs it's a dream sequence. Which if it was, who dreams of having somebody throw a shoe at them?
The only thing consistent about the book is Dawson is a dick from beginning to end and Chandler is a whiny, unsympathetic baby who makes dumb decisions while saying one thing and doing the exact opposite and needs to grow up. At the end we, the reader, are supposed to feel like her fiancé was wrong for what he did. Umm, hello? It's the only rational thing in the story.
The writing was rushed. There was a lot of telling us why everything before Chandler ran away was so bad, but everything we're told after she runs away is the exact same thing. This book just makes no sense.
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May 11, 2015
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW......I don't even know where to start with this book. I do not like to leave low rating reviews because writing isn't easy but this story had several problems with it. I thought the premise was interesting so I decided to dive in. The main character, Chandler, decides to leave on a road trip to nowhere to figure things out but only tells her best friend. She has plenty of money due to an inheritance and is engaged. As I began to read I did not like the heroine at all. She complains the whole time about her fiancé. But when I read what she complains about, I actually like the fiancé and not Chandler. Chandler is lost and self indulgent. Throughout the story she claims she wants to rediscover her independence but everything she does is the opposite of that. She decides to pick up a hitchhiker who is the middle of nowhere. Of course, he is a non-verbal and abrasive towards her and she falls immediately. As I read the story I kept expecting some redeeming qualities to come out of the hero, Dawson Michael. But there is none. He is not kind to Chandler, openly cheats on her, belittles her, and is a jerk. Chandler keeps going back for more and more. She lets him stay at her house, lets him take her car and never, and I mean never, calls him out on anything. She is afraid he is going to get mad and leave her. He tells her he had a bad life and he cannot do relationships. But that is all we find out. Nothing about his back story. Just that he is currently a jerk.
This story also made no sense at several points. The author goes into dream sequences but doesn't indicate it is dream sequence until later so I was confused as to what I was reading. There were some incongruences. Chandler's best friend and Dad really care for her but then in the end of the book don't want to be bothered with her. The one thing about Dawson is that he said he was a jerk and he WAS a jerk. As I finished this story, I came to realize the villain in this book was Chandler. She was selfish, weak, and manipulative. No thanks.
This story also made no sense at several points. The author goes into dream sequences but doesn't indicate it is dream sequence until later so I was confused as to what I was reading. There were some incongruences. Chandler's best friend and Dad really care for her but then in the end of the book don't want to be bothered with her. The one thing about Dawson is that he said he was a jerk and he WAS a jerk. As I finished this story, I came to realize the villain in this book was Chandler. She was selfish, weak, and manipulative. No thanks.
May 1, 2015
I'm so disappointed, i was so looking forward to this book as I love this author's past books but im sorry this book just didnt work for me and i hate saying that but i have to be honest. I spent half of it confused one minute shes eating breakfast in the kitchen next she's drunk in bed and I'm looking thinking have I missed a bit and I spend the next half thinking is this really the same author who I love I don't even think it was proof checked at all. I struggled reading it and only finished it so I could give a honest review. I couldn't connect with the character's the male lead wasn't a alpha male or anything he was just a ass who blantly cheated on Chandler and didn't care till like the last 2% and Chandler was just a complete weak doormat. Like I say it's not nice writing a review for a author's whose past books I love but i have to be honest and this really isn't worth the money or time to read, sorry.
May 11, 2015
OMG I loved this book by Stacy Borel, it was fantastic!! The characters in the story I loved them so much the female Chandler and of course Mr Dawson!! I wont go into detail of the book but WOW!! Stacy Borel describes in detail her characters and the emotions and scenes very well. (Dawson especially mmmmmm) This book I have been waiting on for a while but when I got my hands on it I dropped everything and read and let me say I was in love!! I had a few tears but every good romance book will do that. I just want to say thank you to Stacy Borel, Shawn Dawson and the magic lens himself Furiousfotog Golden boy.
May 31, 2015
I really liked Bender and was excited for this book. Unfortunately, it is really bad and like the two main characters, has absolutely no redeeming qualities. Chandler is a selfish, spoiled, doormat and Dawson is an ass. It felt like entire parts of the story were missing. I did not feel any chemistry between the two main characters. There were parts that did not make sense, because the author did not give any indication that it was a moment from the past,dream or daydream. The writing was poor and the dialogue cheesy.
May 3, 2015
Spoilers!
Honestly, I didn't get it. Dawson was so hot and cold most of the time and down right mean the other part of the time. Chandler just dealt with all of the cheating (which she did too) and attitude though she barely knew him and they certainly didn't have any kind of relationship. I didn't feel like they resolved anything and then it just ended. Weird.
Honestly, I didn't get it. Dawson was so hot and cold most of the time and down right mean the other part of the time. Chandler just dealt with all of the cheating (which she did too) and attitude though she barely knew him and they certainly didn't have any kind of relationship. I didn't feel like they resolved anything and then it just ended. Weird.
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May 27, 2015
A woman is feeling lost in a relationship, so she hops in her car and ends up... in another relationship? With a total dickhead at that. Made me want to slap the heroine.
August 1, 2015
What a sexy, sexy book! I really enjoyed reading this one. I haven't read a Stacy Borel book before but if this is what they're all like I'll definitely read many more. I originally picked this book up because of the cover. I mean, he's freaking HOT, right?!? But I also LOVED the idea of a normal woman, Chandler picking up a,mysterious and sexy stranger, Dawson. I wish I'd heard that name before I named my son last year cuz that'd be his name. So at times I did think Chandler was a bit of a dishrag...she let Dawson walk all over her and rarely stood up for herself. I also thought Dawson was a bit of a dick...luckily, I like dicks (y'all know what I mean!) In the end I fell for their story and the break up scene, all romances have one, was so realistic it brought tears to my eyes. I guess Dawson reminded me of my hubby when we met. But please don't worry about me. He's not a manwhore anymore though because really I'm just that amazing. LOL just kidding. Great Story!!
**The whole time I'm reading this I'm quietly humming All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You by Heart! Lol**
**The whole time I'm reading this I'm quietly humming All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You by Heart! Lol**
July 2, 2015
Stomach knitting, gut wrenching warning. There wasn't much of this book that my stomach relaxed. You are thrown into an intense journey of emotion. Dawson and Chandler connect on so many levels but Dawson keeps pushing back hurting her the more time they spend together. The sexual chemistry was hot so was the deep emotion which filled this story. You will feel everything that Stacy the author poured into it. Fantastic, worth the wait.
Want to read
July 26, 2016Sqeeeeee... Excited already!! I really want this one : )
Have a good feeling for a buddy read on this one!!
Have a good feeling for a buddy read on this one!!
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