Review: Read it in one sitting!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2013
*There may be some mild spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk!*I am honestly and truly 100% confused on how I feel about this book. On one hand I absolutely LOVED it. I could not put it down from the moment I started reading. But the subject matter is tough. Cheating for any reason is not okay, but especially not when you are married. So, loving a book that is based on that leaves me feeling conflicted. But I think you have to be willing to really look under the surface of the cheating to see the true story. And that is what I did.Cathy would be a character so easy to hate in this book. She is the one who cheated after all. She is the one who decided turning to another man would be easier than turning to her husband. But no one truly understands the grief Cathy felt in those moments when the thing she wished for most, wasn't meant to be. There is no justification for what she did, but I can understand it on some level. Any woman who has gone through even half of what she did, can understand how those emotions can overtake you.Arsen. Oh, sweet bad boy Arsen. I always am a sucker for the bad boys in the books I read and this one was no exception. He knew Cathy was married, yet he still pursued her. And though I believe it was all about the "wanting what you can't have" in the beginning, I truly believe it changed for him along the way. And on some level I felt sorry for him. He has his own demons and falling into this affair was not a healthy choice for him. But the heart wants what the hearts wants when it wants it and there is not much you can do to fight it.Ben was an easy character to love. But at the same time, I was angry with him during a good portion of the book. I didn't feel he was trying to understand Cathy's turmoil. His "look at the bright side" mentality had me wanting to shake him and tell him to stick it where the sun don't shine. Positivity is good, when done in moderation. But in a situation like Cathy was dealing with. I think if he would only been there for her and told it was okay to have a bad day or three to process the grieve she was feeling, things might have been different.Clearly, after rereading my words above I am a total new. It comes across as if Arsen is the victim here and that is NOT the case nor my intent. He clearly knew what he was doing and shame on him for inserting himself into a situation such as this one. He knew exactly what was going on with Cathy and that alone should have been reasoning enough not to get involved.I am going to close out my review by saying, I didn't like the ending. AT. ALL! I don't know what direction I would have wanted things to go but this ending left me feeling even more conflicted. But even with all that, I STILL loved this book.