Review: Nowhere near as good as the first
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
******Note: this contains some minor spoilers******I'm officially done reading books in the romance genre that span more than one book. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now considering I've never liked the sequel as much as the first book.Not one author has proved to me that the second (or in some cases the third) book has been worth my time, nor adds anything to the story. Because the truth of the matter is, there isn't a need - other than torturing readers and possibly trying to make more money (although I feel like the latter is rarely the case). I'm sure there are many readers that love being tortured, but I am not one of them.London Falling has the same pitfalls of every romance sequel. So much drama that it feels like your eyes are going to fall out of your head from constantly rolling them. So much anger toward the heroine because you can't believe how stupid she is. So much rage toward the hero because you can't believe how much of an idiot he is. And the constant back and forth around whether or not they should be together is like watching the Germany vs. Brazil World Cup Game and rooting for Brazil. One word: Painful.But really what put the nail in the coffin on this one was Maggie. For all her reservations and supposedly feeling bad about cheating, it clearly wasn't enough since she went right ahead and slept with Samir anyway. Does this girl have no self respect, no guilt, no morals? Is she really that infatuated that she can just ignore the fact that Samir wants to have his cake and eat it too? And I don't care if Samir is only dating his girlfriend because it's 'arranged.' Talk about bs. It's so important to follow through with the arranged marriage yet he doesn't even have enough respect to not cheat on his girlfriend. What is the point? You either need to commit to it all the way or not at all. Ridiculous.The only bright spot of this story (and there really is only one) is the hint of something between Max and Fleur. As much as I disliked London Falling, I would be willing to read more about Max and Fleur. I will, however, not be reading it if there's more than one book. Never again.