Review: Like the book, hate the characters....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2013
First, I must say I'm not finished with this book but I felt compelled to review it up to this point, because it's driving me crazy.  Since it affected me enough to drive me crazy, the writing is good but the characters are horrendous.  This book has many of the characters from For You which I haven't reviewed but probably will.  Violet and her two teen daughters move into Colt and Feb's neighborhood.  She and the kids are recovering from the tragic murder of her husband by a thug who torments her to this day. She quickly becomes entangled with another neighbor, Joe (Cal) Callahan.  What happens next leads me to politely describe Violet as a skank ho.*The following may contain too much information for anyone who has not read this book.  Continue at your own risk*We quickly learn that this Joe character is most likely damaged beyond repair.  He makes it clear that Violet is no more than sex to him...and she decides she's mostly okay with that.  On one fateful night out with a friend, she meets Mike, the polar opposite of Joe who makes it known he's interested in her but he doesn't share.  She puts him on hold.  He's not thrilled.Knowing that a maniac has found her and her daughters, Violet (Vi) proceeds to bounce between her booty call Joe and his polar opposite, Mike, constantly leaving the girls home alone.  WHAT?????  She allows her daughters to become attached to Joe, which they do, only to have him decide...again....he needs to end it.  Violet has no problem bringing more emotional turmoil into the lives of her children - not a great mom.  When tragedy strikes the family again, she again allows Joe to bully his way into their lives under the guise of caring.  That's about where I am and I have to reiterate that while the writing is good (constant foul language aside..WHAT is with that in KA's books? No, I'm not a prude or I wouldn't be reading KA..but the constant bad language and bad grammer like 'likin', bitin', beginin'  drives me insane.), I can't stand Joe or Violet.Now I feel better.  : 0 )