Review: Can I have Ben and make it easy for Cathy????
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
Okay... It has taken me three days to figure out how to rate this book. I have thought and thought and thought some more about it. Never have I had this much trouble deciding what to do. Do I rate it on the writing??? If so, then it would be a 5+ review. I loved Mia's writing style and can not wait to read more, (maybe something a little less angsty PLEASE!!) Do I rate it on the story?? It would have to be a 2 for me.. and I will explain later. Or do I rate it on the fact that it made me FEEL even though I HATED the feeling I got from it??? I just don't know so we will stick with a 4!!!So this book completely took me away from my comfort zone. I knew what it would be about and call me a chicken.....cluck cluck... but I read the ending first to see what happens. No way could I read this and not know ahead of time. My heart would have completely broken if not!!!I hate cheating in books but can tolerate it and forgive the characters if I like them. Unfortunately, in this book, I HATED Cathy and Arsen. She is broken by the fact that she has had so many miscarriages and is distancing herself from her perfect husband Ben (who is comletely wonderful) and welcomes the attention of Arsen, the young playboy who persued her. I think the reason this book hurt so much was because of how perfect Ben was. He was so supportive and just wanted to help Cathy. It was so hard that I had to skim several parts of the book. It just HURT so much to read. Cathy was unbelievably cruel to Ben and extremely selfish. I just could not get past the things she did and thought. Some parts I wanted to unread!! One scene in particular just broke me... the party scene gutted me. At that point, I could not deal with Cathy anymore and wanted her to remain completely alone the rest of her life!!!! (yes, I have strong feelings for her!!)I never liked Arsen or Cathy but by the epi, I did have a small feeling for Arsen.... Cathy, still not so much!! The ending... I won't say what happened except it isn't what I wanted but I can live with it. I really have no choice though and have to accept it!!!I can't say I loved this book because it is not my type. That is no fault of the author's but my own. It's not you, it's me kind of thing. However, the writing style gripped me and I couldn't set it down. It did make me feel things and I am still thinking of the characters. That is a testament to the great writing skills of Mia Asher.