Review: 3.5 Stars I just wanted more of Mia and Ridge
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
We first meet Ridge in Wild, but we only had a little glimpse into his character. I don’t know what I was expecting Ridge’s character to be like so I was not prepared for what Adriane Leigh delivered with his character. Ridge has lived with regret his whole life for taking his brothers fiance, Mia, away from him. So he decides that he should end things with her. Once he leaves her, all hell is broken loss within him. If I had to pick two words to describe Ridge’s character it would be masochist and intense. I felt Ridge’s emotional intensity crawling under my skin, and I didn’t have a problem with that because I love it when characters can affect me in some way. I think there might be something wrong with me but I loved that he was a masochist, because that is just what makes Ridge who he is. The whole time I was experiencing conflicting emotions about his character and his actions. There were times in the story that had my heart breaking for his character and other times when I just wanted to tell him to just say what was on his mind to get rid of the situations he got himself in. I just loved the depth and intensity of Ridge's character.There are two girls in Ridge’s life, Mia and Amy. At first I thought Amy was going to be that special girl that was going to be able to help him forget about Mia. Ridge is just using Amy to get over Mia, which is really messed up. This is where some of my conflicting feelings start because at first I understand why he wanted to date Amy, but I completely disagree with his actions after things start to fall apart. I started liking Amy’s character at the very beginning, then she made me frustrated, then my heart broke for her a little, and then she made me want to open her eyes to see what was right in front of her- Ridge just didn’t love her.Ridge and Mia’s relationship started all wrong from the very beginning. These two together are toxic, masochist, damaged, hot, and intense. I really loved reading Ridge’s memories of Mia, because we get a glimpse into their relationship and Mia’s character. Just like Ridge, Mia has her own personal problems that deals with her addiction. I felt the same things with Mia’s character at the beginning. At first I hated her, then I wanted her character to completely disappear, but then I ended up liking her a lot and this was because of Ridge’s memories of their time together. After Mia appears in Ridge’s life again I started liking her character a little more, and I wish that Adriane Leigh would have given us more of Mia in the story. I just loved Ridge and Mia’s relationship more than Ridge and Amy’s relationship, because even though they are toxic together these two together ease their pain and addictions.I don’t know where to start because I had a lot of contradicting emotions throughout the whole story. The story starts off good and the time frame in the story is very quick- each chapter seems to be a whole new week or two weeks. I did enjoy that time within the story was going by fast, but the story itself didn’t feel like it was moving along fast. I will be honest and say that I enjoyed Ridge’s memories of his time with Mia more than the chapters he spends with Amy. Once he meets up again with Mia the story starts to pick up pace, and these are the chapters I enjoyed the most. I wish that there could be more Ridge and Mia in the story. I enjoyed reading from Ridge’s POV but wished that we could have gotten a few chapters from Amy’s and Mia’s POV.Ridge by Adrian Leigh is the first book that after finishing the book has left me with conflicting emotions about the story and the characters. If you haven’t meet the Wild brothers then you are missing out on some Intense and Hot Alpha Males that will have you wanting more. I can’t wait to read Slade’s story, and I can’t wait to get more Wild & Kat and Ridge & Mia :D!