Review: Loved it! Spoilers below!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
This was so much better than the first book IMO. I didn't like either Ellie or Camden much in the first book. I was able to finally connect with Ellie in On Every Street (The Artists' Trilogy, 0.5), and I was really into Javier and Ellie's story. Javier intrigued me and I was hoping that he was redeemable. He and Ellie had such a connection and so much passion. I felt that until a little more than halfway through this book. I didn't even want to read Camden's pov at first. I just flat out didn't like him.But slowly, my feelings started to change. Javier started to lose those qualities and he just started to seem like a jerk. I know that deep down he still has feelings for Ellie, but I just think that maybe they are buried too deep. And that, coupled with the fact that I actually started to like Camden and he didn't seem like such a goob, had me flip-flopping. I now think that I'd actually like Ellie and Camden together. Totally did not see that coming!Camden kicked butt in this book! And he kicked Javier's butt as well! That scene shocked me and, I know this sounds weird, but it actually made me uncomfortable as well. Here's Javier, a super tough mafia guy, who gets pulverized by Camden. I was a little miffed at the author for letting him get his butt kicked to be honest. I was thinking how could you do this to Javier?I'm still a bit torn, because I never expected nor wanted to like Camden. But he's willing to die for Ellie, while Javier was okay with sacrificing her in the name of revenge. I don't know...I have mixed feelings. With the way the book ended, who knows what will happen in the next book. I'm not sure how the author did it (besides stellar writing), but she managed to take two characters that I initially hated and make me like them and want them to be together. I'm confused and feeling as though I've betrayed Javier haha.