Shiite. What a waste of time.
I thought it was self published, it was so bad, and I wanted to give that author the benefit of the doubt but it took me a YEAR of trying to slog through it to actually finish it. The cover feels great, it's actually textured.
Half a star for the crappy sex scenes and broken weakass female lead. Actually Half a star for the rockstar Grandma Isa amazing whitty dialogue.
I don't mind "damaged" main character, but I've read much, much better ones who actually get out of bed to save the world, be a better friend, sibling, not be a ...
What was the quote in this book?
"Oh, quit being such a whiny bitch already. We've all lost someone dear to us, Eve. I didn't hunt you down to watch you wallow in self pity," says her best friend on my page 268.
But this was a new level of fubar meets fubar. It was a train wreck. Here's a brief few...
I get the seeing your friend needlessly killed in front of you after he professed his love for you after everyone was drinking. Enter fubar, the amazing guy who took her to the hospital was stalking her for 6 months. I could see why she'd freak out about that. Fast forward to punching his Dad in the face. Whaaaa? Broken hand, even weaker female. Not that I wouldn't brake mine, but the hits keep coming for this girl - ah, sorry for the unintended but funny pun. She's idiot enough to not get all the odd blatantly obvious digs that the author hits the reader over the head with. Here stupid reader this is important! Weird new boss asking about boyfriend related stuff she shouldn't know anything about in a work setting. Back up, this dude is like, never leave me! Ugh, clingy and obsessed. We find out through tons of idiot reader dream sequences that just can't be real - eye roll - (spoiler, it is), she connects the dots, then bam, best friend speaks through the grave in a letter in his 12 yr old mind in a scrapbook: I'm so jealous of this kid, glad he's leaving so I get you to myself... I paraphrase here, but I understand this kids jealousy. But, instead of recognizing it for what it was, aw, how did I miss the signals from my best guy friend? It's used to prove she was always down to sparky- electric zing -sex guy. Can I roll my eyes again? I'm worried they will be for-ev-er rolling around.
This author should just write funny snarky old lady's since the young one is an idiot who can't keep a thought in her brain but sex to not think about anything. But I guess it's a good way to put a bunch of sex in. There is a warning in the front of the book about the sex scenes, so I was on the look out for some serious shit. Hm, maybe the last one bordered on rape? The rest was him leading and her being like, okay. Can't argue with both partners enjoying and then him cooking. I've clearly read more serious "sex scenes" that this book would be ho-hum. Meh?
Why reviewers keep saying "sex and heartstrings"is beyond me. I was totally shocked when a full sentence popped up, it had to have come from an editor because the rest is choppy stream of consciousness, which is ok as a writing style as long as it is consistent. Maybe because best friend and then Grandma died? It was a shocking twist. And cliffhanger!
Half the book was a cliffhanger for the second book in the series. It should have been 2 books, 100 pages each. And would have made more sense.
She was doing better staying at brother's house, even got a new job with her first love, books. Moving on from boytoy's odd family dynamics. Yeah I get cliffhanger draw in.
I do want to know more about hot Evan the chauffeur... bodyguard?? Is that a cliff hanger to be explained in book 2? I thought she just wanted a hotty to drive her around, dirty old lady (running joke with hot gardner).
Not enough to pay me to read it... Don't be silly if you paid me, I'd read Book 2. Otherwise I'm glad I got this for free or super cheap in a resale bin.