Review: Couldn't get into it...at first
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2012
First let me say I am only half way through the book.  But that's just it----I've been reading it for 3 days and am only 50% done???  I average 3-4 books a week, but I just can't get invested in this one.  I'll admit, partly it's because I'm not a huge fan of mob related stories.  But mostly, it's the age of the characters.  She's only 19!!!  And I think he's 22 though I could be mistaken about that.  If I wanted to read teen fiction I'd buy teen fiction.  Some reviewers have complained about the fact that Allie falls for Jase only days after the so-called love of her life is gunned down in front of her.  But to me, that's something a 19 year old would do.  We all think we know it all at 19 and know what love is, but we don't have a clue at that age.  I'm just not interested in the teen angst. As for the story....I'm finding it pretty unremarkable so far.  It's just too distracting to me to constantly be thinking "Now where does he get all this money?  How does he know how to do all this at such a young age?"  etc etc.  I know I have a lot of story left, but I can guess how things will end up, and really, I just don't care about these people.  She was an idiot to get herself in this mess, and he's an even bigger idiot to try to do what he's doing.  I wish I could just give up, but I don't like to leave books unfinished.  Plus, I paid $4 for the thing.***Ok, after finishing the other half of the book, I'm upped my stars from 2 to 3.  Really, I would given the first half 2 stars and the 2nd half 4.  The 2nd half, which takes place 6 years later, was a much better read for me since the characters were older and more mature.  However, without ruining the book for others (like reviewers did for me!), there were some plot points that were annoying.  The sudden flip-flopping of decisions/feelings that had been in place for 6 years, the unreasonable reaction from Allie after the "surprise" at the end, and the sudden flip flop basically 2 more times to get us right back where we wanted to be all along. Oh, and my questions about the money and Jase's mob "experience" never did get answered. Overall, sorry to be an age-discimanist (I think I made up a word :-p), but had the characters been a bit older to start out with, I would've loved all of this book instead of just half of it.