Loved this book soo much more the first time I read it.
Can't relieve I didn't have a review for this book.
Well sadly I'm wishing I hadn't decided to give it another read. Before, I loved
it and would have given at least 4 stars and a glowing review,like soo many others
I've seen. Now ?
Now, I'm seeing how Spade/Antonio ditches the poor overly sweet and submissive Jess
for a week and then comes back at her only thinking of himself.
I've gone from loving this couple to wanting them to get some therapy. To me,
Spade is just kinda selfish and a bit of a coward in a way. deep sigh. Spade takes
the path of least resistance w/his family,they're big and loud and annoying,loving
but ultimately very draining and taxing. Spade doesn't stand up to them,as they take and
take and demand and demand more and more because like Jess in a way it's just "easier"
to "got w/the flow". He's miserable but he just bears it with a "it's family,what ya gonna do"
kinda attitude. Then Jess comes along and she's the fresh air and light he hadn't realized
he needed soo badly. Now while he seems to appreciate her as a person,all he seems to think about is sex w/her,and a bit of sex is all they've had he takes off for a week and a 1/2 w/out a single word.
Now hey,going off because your favorite elderly relative is having a health crisis is a completely legit reason for taking off and losing track. You rush off alone have to deal w/them and all their needs,the doctors,the questions,the worries. Heck yeah,you gonna forget your own name at times much less some random man or woman you just met. But after a few days and things have started to settle,only a d nugget is going to keep silent if he ever plans to see them again. Once he got his phone going again and was checking in w/others there is NO excuse for him not to have gotten
her number from Wasp and called her. Hell,just to let her know he was ok if nothing else.
But to give Jess nothing but silence after their one night together and then go to her door not just wanting more, but expecting it? That's some major league BS there.
No way in hades,should he have even gotten in her door w/out some major explaining and apologizing. Taking off was understandable,but a week and a 1/2 of nothing and coming back expecting to get back in her pants ? That's nothing but D Bag,there. Spade should have had more respect for both Jess and himself than that. Jess Suffers from "damp panty syndrome" here, he gets her panties all damp and she does what ever he wants. Spade lets his family be selfish w/him and think only of their needs and not his,then he goes to Jess and does the same to her. That really made me disgusted. Now Yeah when Jess needs help at work she is there to offer some support and others talent to help her but the majority of the book is about Spade and Jess catering to him.
And that's what ruined the story for me.
Havoc held up for me. Loved him and Julia just as much or more reading them again but I should
have left Spade alone.
We both lost.