Review: A Cute love story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
My Take:Book one in the He Feels Trilogy opened with Julianne and Travis, best friends for years that have the unfortunate misunderstanding of feelings and leaves their friendship in streams. At first we are all cheering for Julianne for finding and being able to be with the man she loves (at least most of us), but then the fallout of things turned pretty ugly and I for one was left feeling a little discussed with everything.This book definitely complicates things for me. You see I felt bad for Travis. The best friend who's always been there, waiting, pining, and then take his turn at the worst moment of all. But here we get his POV and I can see things a little clearer. In book two the first half deals with Travis attempting to overcome his grief and heartache. He's not only crushed with not having Julianne as his lover, but now his friend. We see the stages of his grief, which we're well written. His anger, which explodes when he meets with Julianne's boyfriend and spills the beans on what really happened between them. His sadness, when he realizes he can't be her friend anytime soon because of her actions. His despair when he begins sleeping around to fill the void that never quite fills. His emotional pain wears on the pages for a while until he's almost emotionally drained.It isn't until after one of his one-night-stands that Travis begins to see the light. When he meets a beautiful mystery woman who is polar opposite of Julianne, their drunken make-out at the bar leads to some of the best sex he's ever experienced in his life. It isn't until after the first round that he realizes she's perfect for him. Now his fixation has turned from hatred for Julianne to love and passion for Lindsey. But when she disappears he becomes distraught again and is determined to start fresh by moving to California and getting as far away from Julianne as possible.Who knew fate would step in for chance encounter with his mystery woman at his company's event and now he won't let her slip away. It doesn't matter that she's in a relationship with someone else. [how very hypocritical of him]. Travis has completely done a 180. Yeah he's still hurting, but the passion he feels for Lindsey will burn bridges, cause pain, and change lives.How can the man who's been heartbroken by his friend's decision to go with the other guy, turn around and do the same if not worse with the woman he now loves? Travis' reckless ambition for love and security have the power to produce great things or leave everything in ashes.The Best Thing:Most of all I like the we get to have Travis' POV. The last book was such a HEA for Julianne and we don't really see the fallout afterwards so this was a great insight.I do like how he was able to find someone again. It was pretty soon, but it also gives hope that when you're down and heartbroken thinking that you'll never love again, you might just be wrong.The Worst Thing:I can't get past Travis being so hypocritical. He bashed and crucified Jules for following her heart, for sleeping with him one drunken night after he choose the 'perfect time' to take advantage of her emotionally. What kind of friend was he really? It bugged me how, when reading his POV he really doesn't see how he was partially to blame for what happened between he and Julianne. He's now chasing a woman who is NOT single (unlike Julianne) and asking her to be with him. I'm outraged.For me the level of angst in this book didn't add up. One minute he's distraught and hopeless and the next he's head-over-heels with Lindsey. You can't have it both ways. Can you?I don't mind the emotional man now and then, however Travis just took it too far about everything. I needed him to toughen up a bit. Get a hold of yourself and see the errors of your ways as well-- past and present.