Review: No...don't do it.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
I am not sure where to begin on this one. I was confused, a lot. I put this book down often and only stuck with it when the sex was around the corner. Saving grace for this book? Lot's of hot sex. I tried, I really did to like this book. But the characters were so unrelatable and unrealistic and the general situations the author put them in bizarre. I don't know why this book gets so many high ratings, unless they were based purely off of the sex scenes. I get it--I really do. Hot sex is a #1 seller in books right now. I love it too (DUH) and gave this book high moisture meter ratings for it's ability to moisten my panties sufficiently. So if you are looking for a pervy read to enjoy, dive right in. If you want any substance or story line that grabs your attention and makes you hold on, pass. I like intrigue and mystery, but I was shaking my head and rolling my eyes throughout the book. I just couldn't get into it as much as I tried. The main character Emily seemed more like a stalker than a professional, sane-minded adult. I couldn't place her as more than a nutty 18 year old with some serious lady boner infatuation. And Paul the love of her life? Brooding, hormones-a-raging 19 year old in my head. I am not an OLD lady...but these two characters were so out of my realm of understanding that I just felt like this book was meant for an intensely sexual YA audience. Introducing BDSM to a 17 year old? No thanks, pretty sure that wasn't the authors intent.Best character in the book was the older, weird French dude Andre. But the author quickly diminished his sex appeal with their descriptions of him. Pock faced? Dressed in head to toe black silk? I had a hard time feeling him as an experienced Dom, let alone sexy.To sum up, in no world that any of us live in would any of these situations EVER come up. Never. I mean....EVER!!And c'mon...the book cover? A sad looking rose? What the hell does that have to do with anything in the book at all? Absolutely nothing. I often overlook the covers, since most of them are cheesed up dudes with perfect ladies fawning all over them, but this one made no sense. I was lost. Still am. Someone help me. I will never get back the multiple hours it took me to finish that book. Ugh.