Review: Awful. Horrible. Ick.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2012
I like the premise of this book, and I read the free preview. I was a little worried, having read the 2 star review, but I figured the several five star reviews outweighed it.I wish I'd listened to the 2 star reviewer (who I think was a little nicer than she should have been).This book was awful. Horrible. Disgusting. Upsetting. I cannot find a single redeeming factor to the entire thing.  Here's why I hated it, why I'm fired up about reviewing it, and why I will never, ever, never, ever again read anything by this author.- The h is meek, mild, picked on, mistreated - and she just keeps going back for more. Over and over again, people, including the H, are downright cruel to her. I expected there to be some discovery or journey that leads the h to believe that she is worthwhile and has grown from the experiences she's lived through. That never happens. The book ends and she's still feeling sorry for herself and her life is utter crap.- The H is a complete jerk. He never redeems himself, and he never even makes a full effort to redeem himself. He sleeps with his WIFE after sleeping with the h, then repeatedly chooses his wife again and again (a woman who is cruel and insane) over the h. He simply tells the h 'sorry' and she instantly forgives him and the go on their merry way until the wife comes back a few pages later and the H runs to her.- There is very little lead up to the resolution (and it's a half resolution at that). The h ends up with a man, but it feels like she's more ending up with whatever leftovers are there, than that she's getting a HEA.- The h never stands up for herself and in fact, never even addresses some serious betrayals by her best friend/roommate, who told all of her private information to the crazy stalker wife of the H.It sickens me that I paid good money for this book. I finished only because I kept hoping that it would somehow get better. It makes me leery to try new authors when this is the kind of utter crap that I end up with. I urge you to move on, and save your money for so many more pleasant things - like a root canal.