Review: Great start to a series I am looking forward to!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I originally thought this book would be about Skylar and Sebastian trying to overcome their pasts and their unfortunate connection, and it is, but it¡s so much more than that.Skylar Rose is dealt a crap life from the point her parents are taken from her. It has been more than most people could handle. She not only lost her very loving parents at the age of 16 but also had to deal with even more traumatic events before the story begins and after. Honestly, in most stories, the fact that one person had such a terrible past and kept stumbling into these terrible situations would be too much. I was unsure about it in this one as well, but I realized all of these events are the puzzle pieces that help develop Skylar and Sebastian¡s relationship. Skylar is strong in so many ways, but weak in others which just makes her more relatable.Sebastian Thorne has done nothing but torture himself since that terrible night and the first time he saw Skylar. He is definitely two different people, the good-looking arrogant business man that most people know and the unsure, tortured person who hates himself every day for destroying Skylar¡s life. Because he has these two different sides his behavior gave me whip-lash and infuriated me at times. He could be so frustrating with the way he seemingly toyed with Skylar¡s emotions, although in his two sided mind he seemed to think he was doing the right thing.The connection between Sebastian and Skylar is easy to feel. Mia definitely does an amazing job showing us their feelings throughout the book. The chemistry between the two is also very HOT! The indecision between the two and waiting to find out if they can make it work is a bit tortuous, but it¡s a good kind of torture One of the best parts of this book was the people in it that I did not expect to meet. There is more happening in this book than Skylar and Sebastian. There are more characters that are easy to love or perfect to hate that play a key role in this story. I won¡t give away anymore as I think the surprise of it was what made me like it so much.I also enjoyed the multiple POV¡s. Because there were more of these than I expected, I also thought this would bother me. But I really think it added a little something extra to this book.One of the things that I did not like about this book was all the coincidental meetings between Sebastian and Skylar. I know they had to happen for their relationship to progress, as nothing seemed to be working in their favor except the many coincidental meetings, but for me it just happened a little too often.Overall I enjoyed this book. I loved the emotions and the chemistry. I loved the unexpected things. I actually even like the somewhat cliff-hanger of an ending. It did not kill me and make me want to sling my kindle across the room, but it definitely left me wanting more! It¡s definitely worth the read, and I believe I will like how the story continues in book 2 even better!