Review: No thank you.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
Okay, so. I don't know what made me read this book, because the synopsis is totally not my style. There are wayyyyy too many novels about peeps with "broken pasts" and the lovers that bring them back to life. Basically cliche upon cliche wrapped in a pretty new cover. But I bit the bullet and bought it.For a while, I was totally digging it. The angsty teen in high school, woe-is-me beginning was very reminiscent of novels past from Fictionpress, a website where some of my favorite authors first got their start. I initially was very excited to muddle through the lives of Bronagh and Dominic because of that fact.Bronagh is the one with the troubled past, as her parents were killed when she was young and she was brought up by her sister, Branna. This could have been extremely emotional and riveting, as it's been a successful ploy many-a-time, however it wasn't executed well. We're constantly told that Bronagh pushes people away and can't connect with any friends. And I say told because it's basically a textbook case of show, not tell. I couldn't connect with her at all on that point.She meets Dominic, one of five insanely hot brothers that move to Dublin (hear the cliche?) and he instantly wants her because she's the one woman to turn him down. I'll admit I did enjoy the bit of cat and mouse between them. Had Dominic actually possessed any redeeming qualities, I may have bought his douche-nugget routine. He constantly belittles and mocks the her to the point where I was giving my kindle serious WTF looks when she would stop-drop-and-roll in the middle of an argument to suck his tongue in her mouth.The entire plot was completely unbelievable; so much so that during the climax I was flipping through the pages in disbelief. Not only was the story a thin on plot, it also severely lacked in characterization. Dominic has to be one of the worst hero's since Travis Maddox. He, and I mean this literally, picked fights with people at least once during every. single. scene. Who does that? He had serious anger issues and in no way did I find that attractive. Nor was I fanning myself at the fact that he professes his love and then immediately speaks about babies and marriage. Hello, was I the only one with furrowed brows after that?So, in conclusion, a mildly entertaining, albeit absolutely unbelievable story that should be read if you don't really need a shot of realism to bring the characters to life. If you enjoy very "lightweight" novels that don't require a lot of thought and totally dig the uber-fake-alpha males that are also crazy and need to lay off the testosterone injections, snatch this up!