Review: Could have been better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
This was an Ok book, meaning that it is well written but not really good, due to some things that quite grated on my nerves.This is Amber's and Marcu's love story, both damaged even though we know this from the beginning in Amber's case and since halfway through the story in Marcus's case.At the beginning of the story Marcus is a total manwhore, but when he meets Amber it's a typical love at first sight, and suddenly he is all sweet and attentive. We're then supposed to believe that this is the real Marcus, all his previous hook ups were simply a coping mecchanism for being abused. Sorry, but to me this was quite unbelievable, therefore the first thing grating on my nerves.Second thing was the fact that only in the middle of the story Amber finds out that she has PTSD, when she finally decides to make an appointment with a counselor. Evidently her previous psychologist never diagnosed PTSD (first thing ridiculous to me). The counselor tells her that she needs to accept what appened to her, and suddenly it seems like magic and she is all cured! Come on.... WTF?The only thing really enjoyable were Marcus's lame math jokes.I'm giving this 3 stars because, even though I was unable to connect emotionally with the story and really enjoy it, it is well written and a quick read, but if you search for something emotionally meaningful this is not the book for you.