Review: 2 out of 5 Stars for a nice but all in all disappointing sequel
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
Daniel Stark software tycoon and previously incapable of loving, has fallen hard for recent college graduate Haley Grace. They've had several fallouts in the beginning of their relationship, but the Daniel is determined that Inner Core opens with the last fallout they'll ever have.He is determined to get her back, and make her his at all costs.Daniel became the perfect book boyfriend in the second half of Part 1, and is keeping up his lovely act throughout Part 2. The problem is that Haley - who started out as someone, nice, fun and down to earth - just couldn't get her insecurities in check. There's a constant back and forth between the two: they break up, the get together, they break up again ... and of course it's all due to stupid misunderstandings.Haley is a real tease (well in the bedroom she's not) and wouldn't know the perfect book boyfriend when it bit her in the bum. And Daniel keeps trying to make it right to her; apologise, make amends and so on and so forth. Lame. He could have shown a little more character.The pace of the story was a tad annoying - it's quite slow and whatever "intrigues" happen along the book, they are insignificant, and the drama they create is out of proportions. The ending was nice, but it didn't strike me as anything spectacular. It felt a bit rushed and too much along the lines of what was "expected".Also, I was disappointed to find out that Inner Core had lost the fun and hilariousness of Layers. Even though Ian and Tasha - Haley's hilarious friends - did make up for it (a bit).So unfortunately, Inner Core was not really the revelation I expected it to be. The sass and humour that were so entertaining in book 1 are scarce, and the storyline and intriguing events that were already lacking are now... inexistent.Inner Core remains a nice read, but I wouldn't choose this over Colleen Hoover, Abbi Glines or Alice Clayton. At all.