Review: Set the stage well...but poor execution overall
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
I loved the 50 Shades of Grey series, and this was definitely a knock-off but I'm not upset about that.  I really enjoyed Volume 1, and I thought it set the stage nicely for Volume 2.  I especially loved all of the erotic detail (very nicely done).  Although the author did a great job of setting the stage, the execution ultimately failed.  She did a great job of describing everyone's personality (including the narrator...even over did it a little here with all the mental back and forth, but I get the idea).  I was not happy with how Connor and Lily's "separation" happened.  I mean, basically the author didn't describe anything about it - except when Lily would get reports from Johnny or Sebastian that all Connor has been doing is drinking himself into oblivion since she left.  I was really LESS THAN THRILLED with all of this.  I felt that the break-up really did nothing to contribute to the overall story because it didn't even allow you to see all the things that Connor was apparently "struggling" with the entire time.  He didn't pick up the phone once, and I felt like at least a little back and forth would have contributed to the story and maybe not had Connor look like a gigantic a-hole.  Halfway through/toward the end of Volume 2, you see a drastic change of character for Connor's father which did not match up AT ALL with his past behavior.  All of a sudden you're expected to believe he's had some epiphany and now has love for his son, whom he NEVER cared for even when he was a child, according to the author.  I also didn't like the ending generally, and I really wanted to.  VERY DISAPPOINTED.