DNF
So here's the thing, up until this book this has been a somewhat enjoyable series, some books were a hit, a few were a miss but still I have enjoyed reading them, until this book. I'm sorry but this book just skeeved the ever loving hell out of me. Out of the four brothers, I always thought Nox was the sweetest one. Despite the whole foster system thing, he turned out good, but his insane attraction to a girl twenty years his junior was just all kinds of wrong and I'm sorry but no matter how good his intentions were in helping Maren and Sage out, he should have known better. Maren was dealt a shitty hand, I get that and I felt so very bad for her because instead of focusing on dances and typical teenager bullshit, she was forced to be the 'mom' to her younger brother...still...she was only seventeen! A baby for crying out loud! That shit is just all kinds of wrong, she has her whole life to live, whose to say that life involved a man old enough to be her father...literally...or getting a great job and moving away with her brother? At seventeen, you think she's an adult but is she really?
Thing is the reason these types of scenarios tend to creep me out is because what if she was fourteen looking all beautiful and such...Nox would be what thirty four or so...would he look at this beautiful girl and have sexual thoughts about her? Same girl, same scenario, same age difference...see what I mean....creepy! I get it, many people think that stupid ass line 'age is nothing but a number' is the solution to this creepy relationship and it really isn't. Speaking as a mother of not one but two young girls, I will fuck up any man who thinks he can get with my girls when he's old enough to be my man...oh hell fucking no! That's a prison sentence right there!!!!
I am not a prude, I've read some dark and gritty shit but scenarios like this aren't my thing. When its kids still in high school, still teenagers, not old enough to drink, go clubbing or even vote and here comes some man or woman old enough to be their parent, sniffing after them...no I can't get behind that, my heart won't let me because quite frankly there's nothing cute, romantic nor sweet about an almost forty year old man having sexual thoughts about a seventeen year old girl or vice versa!
Hey if there are some people out there who are okay with something like this then more power to you, that's your opinion and ya'll are entitled to have it, no harm, no foul. However this is my opinion so accept it as it is.
Wowsers..this was a rant eh?
Overall I am still looking forward to reading the rest of the books following this pervy one and here's hoping I don't come across another situation like Nox and Maren because ewwww!!