Review: Sweet but predictable :(
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
Going into this book, I was expecting something different. Again, the synopsis was a bit misleading. This book was very similar to another I've read (Catch Me) & it seems to be a running theme among these reads, the h always suffers from some sort of childhood abuse or tragedy, & it's becoming depressing & redundant. I'm all for a broken past, but I've read this same story 5 times now!!! I even know what's gonna happen: h comes from an abused past, needs some sort of therapy to help her, broken past keeps her from opening up her heart to people, H is an all around good guy, good son, brother & friend, he's ALWAYS had plenty of women, but hasn't found "the one" yet. H sees h, becomes captivated, h is leery & afraid to trust, but H charms her, makes her feel good about herself, after endless flirting & making out, they finally have sex, everything is wonderful, & then a silly misunderstanding makes the h upset, she wants nothing to do with H anymore, H then "reveals" he's madly & hopelessly in love with h, h forgives H & they live happily ever after. There were so many moments in this book that I KNEW what was going to happen, cause I've read it before! ********MILD SPOILERS********* like some stuff could have been left out, what was the whole point of Ryan?? I actually thought that was gonna be a love connection, he seemed like a genuinely nice guy, & she just uses him after he helps her on the plane!! The situation was left hanging! How Matt was introduced to the story was a bit off, & him just walking out after seeing Fran's necklace was silly, even when the author tried to explain, I KNEW the reason already!!! It "meant" something. He stormed off, after accusing Fran of doing the same thing! Then Kyle was introduced but left with so many open holes. Fran says Kyle was the love of her life, but it didn't tie into her feelings for Matt. He died, but it was never explained how it impacted her decisions from then on, it just went on to talk about her "coping mechanisms" of emotionless sex. But that could not have been if she found this great love of her life & it changed her?? Make it where that love taught her how to love, not lead the readers to believe that wow, it's gonna take a lot for Matt to win her heart, when it really wasn't gonna make much of an impact at all!! I love it when I can get lost in a book, so much so that I don't want it to end. This one, I wanted to end, & when it got to the end, I skipped over a lot of it cause it was just to cheesy! Not enough love scenes, I like a balance of love scenes & story in a book, but I get confused with the New Adult reads cause some do have a few love scenes & I try looking for erotic/romances which are my fav. Actually, now that I've said all that, my rating has changed to 2 1/2 stars. Well, overall, if u like this type of angst/drama, u will like this book. This will be my last reading of this type of book & I will keep my eyes open for different romances :(