Review: Such potential, alas...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
I don't know where to start with this book. It had so much potential for a super good book but the author fell short in so many areas. There were lots of times when I just wanted to stop & claim back my money but then she would catch my attention again and I'd think.. "ok, it gets better now" but then we'd go back to square one. The history between Hunter & Selena is just thrown in the mix. I felt like I was reading part 2 of the story. Hunter talks about doms/subs and bdsm but other than his half-ass "commands" you don't see much of a Dom/sub relationship between them. Granted I skimmed through most of the sex scenes - it's nothing earth shattering, if you've read one you've read them all. In any case no where in those sex scenes are there hints of bdsm-ism. Certain parts of Ali's struggle with cancer are well described, most parts are just not believable. The author did not do her research well. I may not know much about cancer but there is no way a patient having a terrible morning will feel so much better after 2 hours and decide to go on long-haul flight & proceed to binge-drink alcohol during the said flight. While taking medication. There's something very wrong with that picture. Also Rick' s introduction into the story was totally unnecessary. The ending was rushed unnecessarily. That wedding didn't have to take place as it did. There were still too many issues imho between Hunter & Selena that were neither resolved nor explained. We know nothing of Selena' s private life. Her true character. What she likes/ dislikes. What she does in her private time. Her friends/ best friend. The "nightmares" she keeps getting that deprive her of sleep are a joke if I may say so. Those are not memories that are traumatizing. Either the author should have used a different angle or left them out alltogether.This story had so much potential but the author fails to give the reader a connection with the characters & for that I give it 2 stars. I'd be willing to read it again and even recommend it if the author re-writes it with a better plot & stronger character building. As it is now, the story is just all over the place. It makes sense to the author alone because in her mind it is clear but the narration is lacking. Alas.