Review: Contains Spoilers
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
I purchased this book as part of a CEO boxset.  This is the second book in the series.  The first one was okay, nothing special.  This book made the first book look like an award winning epic tale of love.Wow.  WOW.  Dare's supposed to be our hero?  Are readers supposed to lust after such a giant tool?  Dare had just gotten out of a relationship with a gold digger, which apparently means that every woman on the resort laden island that he owns hotels on wants the contents of his wallet.  He meets Erin while she's on a spring break vacation with her "friends".  He assumes that she wants his money, which... of course makes sense.  It's not like college girls go out on tropical vacations to have fun.  It's all about snagging rich men, right?  >.>Anyhow, besides this, Erin is a sweet, bookish girl that seems to have many virginal qualities.  Yet, she jumps into bed with Dare for an all night freak-a-thon after a day.  Not just any day though, a day where he treats her like utter crap.  Wow, any self esteem there, Erin?Now after their night of *cough* romance, Dare throws her out of his house, done with his toy after satisfying his own needs.  I mean, who cares if he throws her out, she just wanted his money right?  Yet, when he's thinking about the events of the day later on, he thinks using the words "making love".  No man that has an all night bone-a-palooza is going to think about their night of "love making".  He kicked her out after taking what he wanted.  That's not love, nor is what they did that evening "making" love.  They had sex.  Call it what it is.So, moving on.That one night freak-fest?  Yeah, Erin got pregnant.  **Gasp!**  Apparently being rich doesn't mean that you can afford a quality condom, but whatever.  She uses her fancy degree to get a job as a waitress, which really is the only believable part of this book for me.  Yup.  The economy sucks.Now, I'm not sure what's up with this pregnancy, but it's mentioned before the hurricane that Erin looked like she swallowed a basketball, then later it says she's 6 months pregnant.  Really?  I understand that every body is different, but the basketball look doesn't come around (normally) until the late months of pregnancy.  I'm currently five months pregnant.  I basically look extremely bloated or as if I just packed on a few extra pounds in the past few months.  Six months pregnant doesn't show THAT extreme (thank goodness!)Finally, my last complaint and I swear that I'll calm myself down.  Remember how everyone's a gold digger to Dare?  Yeah, he married Erin with no pre-nup.  Yeah, I don't even know if I can put into words how stupid that was to me.  These characters had ZERO consistency.Oh, oh.  I lied about that last complaint thing.  I forgot.. Erin's DEEP DARK SECRET!!!  She stole food when she was a starving orphan.  Oh noes!  Really?  You gotta do what you gotta do in order to survive.  Such a silly woman to think that would make a difference to anyone in a way other than getting more sympathy.Basically, overall the characters were pathetic and completely inconsistent.  The storyline was stretched as far as the imagination can, and honestly?  It just really wasn't worth reading.  Period.