.....What in the hell did I just read???
I liked the first half of this book. Lie was an awkward character but her and Abel seemed ehhhh alright together. Nothing to write home about though because to me the chemistry between the two ran hot and cold. When I say cold I mean frigid. Not only that but Lies friend Trish pissed me off, and for some stupid reason Lie wanted to be like her. That just pissed me off even more because GROW A BACKBONE AND BE YOUR OWN DAMN PERSON!!! I mean, would it kill you to stand up for yourself? The story line was decent though, and I liked Abel. The main reason I even kept reading is because the author leaves a lot of questions unanswered until the end of the damn book and I'm too curious for my own good. So when I say I liked the first half of the book, I say it loosely.
After reading the first half of the book I thought maybe, just maybe...it has potential and I could really like it all depending on how the book ended, how the many unanswered questions were finally answered. Then the second half of this book happened and fit hit the shan. I loved Abel and I kind of liked Lie. OK so it was more like I tolerated her because I wanted to see where the story ended up going. But hey! The potential of me liking her character was there. She was just, as I have stated, too weak of a female lead for me and the second half of the book really highlighted that. In the past I have liked some relatively mindless female leads so I guess it's just the way she's such a pushover. Like someone could take her first born child and she still wouldn't have the spine to stand up for herself. The whole mystery of Brock was just there...he wasn't even a real character just a memory. The second half of the book was even more infuriating because Brock was not even a real character which is not the impression I was given from the reading the back of the book. When he still hadn't shown up or been discussed all that much in the last half of the book I was ready to just give up! The second half of the book you're left hanging about him and pretty much everything else. Everything was alright for a while, Abel and Lie tried to work some stuff out, blah blah blah, some other bullshit happened, the book was just OK and continued being OK, then BOOM BABY!!! The end happened and just screwed the whole book up for me and I hated it. Not that is was a great book to begin with but come on!!! IT HAD POTENTIAL UNTIL THE BOOK ENDED LIKE THAT!!! It's a personal preference but definitely could have had a better closing. This is coming from a girl that LOVES a good plot twist. Just not this one.
Half of the book I did like, half of the book I hated. Therefore my overall rating of this book is 2.5 out of 5 stars. Half the stars because I only liked half the book. Seems appropriate to me. If I were to recommend this book to anyone I'd probably have to say 15-17 year old girls. I think if I were still an angst filled hormone trap of a high school female I would have liked this book. Read at your own risk. The end still makes me so angry I wish I just didn't finish the story. As they say...curiosity killed the cat. If you would like to know how this book ended I will do a post with abundant spoilers soon. If you're curious to a fault such as myself, I want to save you the hassle of reading this book. After all...after reading a review like this, I would need to know how it ended myself. Don't let this review determine weather or not you read other Teresa Mummert because she is a good author, this book was just not my cup of tea.
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