Review: Mixed Feelings...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2012
While I liked the story, the title seemed  like a rip-off of Fifty Shades of Grey. The story was nothing like FSOG.  Now about the story. The actual plot was great, but the end felt rushed and incomplete. Melissa acknowledges that Nick hurts her feelings a lot, except when they are in bed, they are "perfect." Okay, so how does that translate into "I love you, too, Nick" ??? She never accepts any blame for their final misunderstanding when she is really at fault. She should have told him about her guilt for possibly worrying her father. If she wasn't ready to tell Nick everything, she should have said that, too. She loves him, bit she doesn't ever share anything personal because she, admittedly, does not know him well.  What was he supposed to think when she asked to leave Corsica, telling him he was moving too fast and making her uncomfortable? He thought what anyone would think, and his feelings were hurt. They had even discussed the issue of his date choice the evening before, and she said it was not going to be an issue moving forward with him. Then she lies and blames him for wanting to leave early, telling him he makes her uncomfortable when really it was her guilt for not telling her father where she is. She thinks of herself as a victim, but she is really the whole reason for the way he reacts to her and the situation. My opinion is that she is too immature for a relationship like this. The story would have been better if she would have went through some sort of personal growth and self realization before they got back together. Even at the end she considers herself the only person to have been hurt in the relationship. But then they screw and she tells him she loves him, while in her head, she is painting herself as the wounded party. This is becoming a common character trait in a lot of the novels I have been reading lately. The lead female characters are weak, unlikable, and self delusional when it comes to relationships.