Review: Anti-Grayson (Some spoilers)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
I wanted to love this book. The writing was good and flowed well. But in my opinion, the story fell flat.First of all, I have to say I liked Lia. She was spunky and fun and clearly had a good heart. But she had no respect for herself. She was in love with Grayson, who, by the way, was awful. I wanted to like him but when the author has him going on and on about how consumed he was by Alex I couldn't trust him and he had few redeeming qualities to convince me I should give him a chance. He was a spineless pushover who let others dictate his life. And the way he treated Lia was TERRIBLE. He took what he wanted from her, made promises he didn't keep and strung that poor girl along. If he cared for her at all he would have done something about his relationship with Alex long before he did. The only reason he did man up is because his life basically flashed before his eyes and he saw that his future would suck. Not because he realized what Lia meant to him or that he loved her more than Alex, which would have been the manly, romantic thing to do, but because he finally saw that Alex made him less of a man. I actually was hoping Lia would open her eyes and move away to do what she wanted, but no. Grayson drags his sorry butt back to her and she actually lets him back in her life without him having to do anything. He didn't deserve her. He should have had to live with the fact that he kept choosing Alex for all the wrong reasons and lost his chance with Lia. He was selfish, spineless and not worthy of her affections. I wanted her to move on and find a real man.I also hated Alex. Just about everything about her actually. Especially the way she acted at the end. In fact, her and that idiot Grayson were perfect for each other considering they were both terrible people.So, yeah. A well written mess, that is what this was. If the story matched the talent shown in the writing I would have loved it, but instead I was left with tons of frustration and a head ache.