Review: Torn
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2014
3.5 to 4 StarsGiven to me to review for Summer's Book Blog for an honest review.When I first got this book it didn’t have any reviews to go off of.  I gave it the benefit of the doubt and took a chance.  The title intrigued me enough to read it.  This is the first book I’ve read by Stephanie Witter.  I will be totally honest.  I had some mixed reviews on this one.  I liked the storyline and where it could have gone but I found it jumping around some.  I couldn’t follow it sometimes.London Reed is in her second year at UCLA and is in need of a new place to stay.  She doesn’t want to go back to living with her parents.  She came to her last apartment for the day in her search and it was 2B. When she gets to the door she finds a tear stained faced girl and a guy who liked like he didn’t care standing there.  It turns out this cocky guy owned the apartment.  That didn’t stop London.  This is where she wanted to live.  She may get herself into trouble but nothing was going to stop her.London doesn’t let anyone get to her and she will tell you exactly how she sees it.  She is a girl with no filter.  She finds it hard to let any guy get close to her heart.  There is something about Byron that she can’t help but to fight.Byron Davis is a student at UCLA looking for a roommate but he doesn’t want a girl.  Against his better judgment he gave London a two month trial period.  He was a playboy who could have any women he wanted.  He had a different girl in his bed all the time.  All he wanted was a one night stand and then he would kick them out in the morning…until London.  She had this draw to her that made him feel again.  He was a solider that had some terrible things happen to him while he was deployed.  It hurt him deeply and his walls went up afterwards.  He didn’t let people get close to him and he was a changed man after that.  London, without even knowing started to bring the old Byron out again.  He did have one rule.  Don’t ask him about his time in the Army.He often found himself jealous of London and her ex-boyfriend Ryan.  He often thought she was going to get back together with him.  So in return he set out to hurt her.  The end result was they both ended up hurting each other.  Finally he let himself open up to her and laid it all out on the line and expressed his true feelings.  London being London left him hanging.I often didn’t understand their actions towards one another.  I felt like I was shaking my head a lot and thinking “Do people really act like this”.  I then it hit me and yes they do.  I guess I’ve been out of the dating scene for way too long.“You almost gave me an orgasm with your mouth.”  -London, this is one of the many things she would say to Byron that left him speechless.  She had plenty of things to say that would leave you saying “Did she really just say that?”These two aren’t finished yet.  You will get to see them some more of the Roomies Series.