Review: Good debut for sure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
3.5 starsI was gifted a copy of this book for an honest review.Embry Jacobs ran away to college in Florida to escape her physically and emotionally abusive high school boyfriend, Jack. Now she is back in New York for law school and is reluctant to allow her attention to be diverted from her studies. Embry has successfully avoided relationships for the last five years-since Jack.Gorgeous Luke Brody literally runs into first year law student Embry Jacobs on campus. They continue to "run" into one another until Luke finally makes a move on her.After hitting it off, things between the two get complicated by Luke's cold and hot reactions to her. Embry's mother further complicates things by inviting Jack back into her daughters life.I had a couple issues with this book that were more details than story. So, Embry left immediately after graduating high school for college in Florida. It is stated in the book she was gone from Jack and NY for five years. That makes sense with 4 years for undergrad, I guess. So that would make her, 22-23 years old. But in a conversation with Luke she says she is 25. So was she 20 years old when she graduated?? Luke's a lawyer, ok. Luke's other job-I won't spoil it, seems unrealistic for a 31 year old. Another scene has them in bed together and he is wearing reading glasses! At 31, really. Then the end of story revelation, really didn't work for me with his age. Unless we are to believe that happened like just a couple months ago, which would make his falling for Embry a rebound? Confusing.And honestly, the ending kind of saved it, I have got to find out what happens next! But before that last paragraph, I felt like I could live without book 2.If you like Gabriel's Inferno series, this book will appeal to you. It is a very easy read.