Review: Right or wrong, obsessive love is fun to read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
I had eleven hours to kill while I was in the salon the other day, so I pulled this one out and dug in. I found it suspenseful, sexy, and entertaining all the way through.I don't think anyone would say it's a perfect story in terms of writing style or storytelling. I mean, Etta kept calling her father strict, when--Hello! Girlfriend, I could tell you some stories about strict parenting. Your father is not that strict, comparatively, just because he didn't want you to date or move out of the house before turning eighteen. *whipping my weave back dramatically* I got the gist of what I was supposed to understand about Etta though. I just didn't buy it fully based on the facts. That was okay. All I needed was the gist. I was focused on Damien anyway.The story itself is not romantic, uplifting, or beautiful. It is a story about obsession. It's about a girl meeting a bad boy and not being able to get enough of him, even though there is a great second option. I get that. I'm interested in stories like that. David's Birthday, Damage, Fatal Attraction...these are movies about obsessive relationships that I enjoyed. This type of all-consuming passion toward an individual is arguably an intense love...or plain ol' psychosis. Either way, it's fun to watch and read. I'm happy to read a story that doesn't just have a man and woman falling for each other, enduring some conflict, and running off into the sunset together forever. Sometimes ish happens. So if you're looking for THAT kind of story, you'll be disappointed. If you like stories about people who shouldn't be together but can't figure out how to quit each other, you may like this one.The biggest praise I could give this story would be the ending. I couldn't think of a better way to end it. There are cliffhangers that make you upset that the story is over so soon. Then there are teaser endings that make you wonder where the hell this story is going next. That's how this one ends, and I can't wait to pick up the next book. I don't say that often about new-to-me authors.On a side note, it was interesting to read the differences in British English versus American English. Seeing words spelled like manoeuvre (UK) instead of maneuver (US) made me pause here and there. I also noticed honorific titles, like Mr and Mrs, did not have periods at the end as we typically add in America. These types of things throughout the book would normally be issues for me, but I didn't find them too distracting. I let it be a tool from which I learned something new instead.Final note. Did I mention this was another freebie??? Y'all are sleeping on these free book promotions if you're not getting them because they are written by authors you don't already know, or because the author is indie/self-pubbed. Drawn was just as good, if not better than, a lot of books I have paid for by big-name authors. It made my lengthy salon visit pass more smoothly. For that, I thank you, Lilliana Anderson.