Review: Okay...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
There was so much hype, and I really wanted to love this book, but I just didn't. I can't even say that I really liked it. I really did want to though. It says it's edited, but there were still so many errors, misplaced/misused words & punctuation mistakes, that it was distracting. It was okay, and I can see what the author was trying to do with the story, but it just needed more actual story and maybe less mediocre sex. I mean, really, who has 4 orgasms back to back within minutes? There were several sex/sex act scenes, and none of them had me feeling anything other than wanting to skim past them and get done with the story. And if I'd been basically held captive for 3 years, the LAST thing I'd have been doing is even thinking about having sex with a guy I just met. Linc and Daulton were supposedly best friends, but throughout the story, they fought more than anything. Jo is the only character I thought was reasonable. More backstory about the previous tenant, Michael, would have been good. More about Linc and Daulton's past and growing up together would have been good. A slightly less traumatized and still damaged (Because really, after 15 years, I don't think he'd still be having nightly nightmares and trouble sleeping from hearing his buddy's mom getting shot)would have been good. A more realistic landing in Birmingham for Etty would have been good. Also, what was her background? How did she end up with the drugging, pimping Rick?I hate leaving reviews this critical, and usually just choose to not leave one, but I'm hoping my comments might provide a bit of help. I love TH and have read her other novels, and I just don't know what happened with this one.