I was actually really excited to read this book. I'm a sucker for stepbrother books, and this one sounded really good with the suspense storyline too.
The book actually started out pretty good for me. I was intrigued by the suspense, the parents being missing and the stepsister being found in the burning house. I loved that Cole was instantly attracted to Liv, that he felt immediately protective of her...and i was even on-board with them hooking up so quickly. Where things really started to get wonky for me was the immediate trust Liv had in Tina. She didn't know her, only had Tina's word to go on about knowing her and yet Liv seemed to trust her immediately, even when Cole didn't. They fought over it, giving up all plans to help Liv remember because Tina said to do it her way. Uh, no. It seemed weird that she would interfere with Liv's plans to remember and go to someone that could help and isn't personally involved.
I'll be honest, I quit at 46%. By that time, Liv and Cole had slept together at least 3 times (I was fine with that but...) and they were swearing off hooking up in the future because they're stepsiblings...uh, little late for that but ok. And honestly, it annoyed me because isn't it a little late to say that their parents being married is an issue for them?! Anyway, that combined with the instant trust of Tina, the fighting over Tina...I just lost interest.