Review: 3.75 Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
My Review:“We are never so vulnerable than when we trust someone- but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” Walter Anderson- this is how the book opens up.  Ah, what a way to open a book!The book started off by saying they lived at Dad’s old apartment and since they were packing to leave the country they practically lived with her parents and her dad was probably planning the wedding in his mind.  HAHAHA!  That is funny!  I love that her dad was thrilled with the match of these two.  They finally get to be together, what could go wrong!  Aren’t they ready to live in their happily ever after?  Gaahhhhh…. Only one could wish.Drake continues to push Kate in terms of her exploring her BDSM preferences.  He was warm and caring, but pushed her to understand what she wanted.  He takes to her to BDSM gathering and once there he admits to everyone how lax he is with her in terms of the rules.  So he punishes her, but realizes his mistake is not properly knowing how far she would push herself……. to the point that she is hurt.  I felt like this book explores what happens when two people really start to get to know each other in a relationship.  They learn their boundaries, they learn to co-exist, and they learn to put the other before themselves.  But then we get the twist in the book!At that point, I became frustrated with Drake!  I felt as though he was pulling away in order to keep himself from being hurt.  He didn’t want to be hurt, but in the end there was nothing he could do to prevent it.  Yet, he was struggling through that throughout the book!  He had no clue how to deal with the bombshell that was dropped on him, so he ended up pushing those he loved away……..The book had great scenes to it.  There was still humor, and there was still the great connection between Drake and Kate; however it felt as though it was missing more angst.  I felt like some of the final scenes that involved Drake and Chris (ex-wife’s now husband) were great!  But overall, I felt as though it still needed more….. but I can’t put my finger on what it was needing.  Maybe I wanted Kate to confront Drake about pulling way instead of pushing herself deeper into her art.  But then again, from someone who understands how people react when stress is presented…… a lot of people do that.  Instead of confronting the elephant in the room, we just get up and ignore it by leaving.  If we leave, then we never have to address the issue!I’m curious to see how the next book ends!  Personally, I would like to see something happen to the snarky best friend who can’t leave well enough alone!  She is DRIVING ME NUTS!!!! I HATE HER!!!!  I normally don’t go into my thoughts on secondary characters, but this woman is grating at me.  I want to reach through the book and b!@#$ slap her!  I want to tell her to mind her own business, get a life, and tell her do some of her own research and quit judging people!!!!  Okay, enough ranting.Rating 3.75Reviewed by Melissa :)[...]