Status Updates From Burn (L.A. Untamed)

I'm having a difficult time falling into this story but I love anything by Ruth so I'm pushing through. This line made me lol though "If rebounding is a religion, I’m ready to be baptized in the church of Joe, just to have those big manly hands on me."

How someone so physically strong can be so mentally weak is beyond me. No, you don't take this manipulating, conniving, cheater back to your house. He supposedly didn't tell his mom you were split up BUT his mom called the apartment manager check on him?

She just made fun of therapy. "Plus it seems unlikely that he’s been “working on his issues” and seeing one of those pussy L.A. therapists that repeats everything you tell them back as a question and then charges you three-hundred dollars for their precious time."

What??? Her family has never, not once, told her they are proud of her?!?!?! They told Joe first. A stranger they just met.

This also happens a lot. “It’s no wonder you want to climb his tree.”

I've lost count of all the times Trisha has called herself bitchy or a bitch. It's a lot.

Why does this upset me so much? Her mom wants to meet him. I guess it's the way she did it. No wonder Trisha is the way she is, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Holly cow, what a scary, controlling, micro-managing mom!

Ewwwwwww.

And then she says this. "After considering different scenarios I finally decide that I have to speak to Chief first. I can’t go back out and be part of the team after what I overheard yesterday without facing what was said about me head-on." Okay, better.

Nope. A kiss does not fix what he did!!! Why?!?!???

I kind of love her right now. "As much as I like hearing those words they’re a little too late for me to not question his sincerity. “Thanks Joe, but I really think it would be best for you to leave.”" Don't take his shit!! He's part of the problem.

OMG!! She's is dirty little secret!!! “They threw me off guard, and I didn’t know what to do. Our friendship is private, between you and me. It’s none of their business and I don’t want either of us to be teased about it.”

WTH!! I'm so angry at these douchebags. They're suppose to be there for her. A team. Someone to count on with your life. Not this. “We guys have to look out for each other and she’s a bitch, a carnivore of the male kind. Look what she did to her husband . . . she made him gay. I don’t want to see that happen to you.” No one makes you gay.

My thoughts exactly. "I should be heartbroken over my husband betraying me, not over a co-worker who I didn’t really start becoming friendly with until a week or so ago."

Prejudice much. "Considering how many hybrids we have in L.A. with all these do-gooder ‘anything to help the environment’ folks, I really should learn how to extricate one of these kale munchers out of their toy cars in the case of a pile-up."

Watching his fingers is like porn y'all. She also wants to climb this "gentle giant" like a tree.

She's attracted to her lieutenant because he defender her against name calling. A name she likes by the way, but pretends not to like so the men keep calling her by said nickname. She's either desperate or very immature. Btw, when she found her soon to be ex-husband cheating she decided to cut all of his pants as retaliation. Cut out the crotch area to be exact. Very mature.

*ARC given in exchange for honest review*

Things are really heating up.

Hubba hubba