Review: Ryder & Jade - a hot mess
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
2.5  StarsI'm torn at what to rate this. I felt the beginning started off nice and strong. I LOVED being in Jade's head. I felt like for once, we were getting a great mature smart woman from an MC book. I really didn't like being in Ryder's head AT ALL! I think this book had a lot of potential yet, it felt like things needed to be worked out better.What I liked about the book:1. Dual POV2. Being in Jade's head3. Jade- she was a great strong heroine4. Ryder's ability to be loving and caring for people he considers his family5. The flow of the book was pretty good and fairly fast paced6. Could be read in one sittingMy issues with the book:1. Ch 6 & Ch 8 made me sick to my stomach. I actually gagged in ch 8. I thought I would seriously throw up. I've never read something like that and I never wanted to. Now I can not undo reading that. I think those things could have been eluded to and not detailed out.2. There were some time line inconsistencies.3. I was very much over Ryder calling females, especially, Jade, the B word to her face and in his head the whole book. I also was over the fact that he referenced women to the P word too.3. Ryder didn't seem like a smart guy to me. I really didn't like him much. He also wasn't smart and couldn't connect the dots on a couple of OBVIOUS things.4. Somethings just didn't add up and weren't worked out well to be believable.5. Inconsistent parts in general.6. Sometimes the heated issues with Ryder and Jade were over kill for just having met and barely knowing each other. It wasn't always believable, especially their first meeting.7. At the end I had some unanswered questions.Content: Drinking. Language. Sexual Situations