Review: Likeable parts, but overall unrealistic and needs proofreading
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*This is review take 2 now that I've had some time to step away from the book and process.I was really hoping I would like this book but it turned out to just not be for me.I did like the beginning and the characters. I was very impressed with how strong Trey had to be to deal with the absolutely awful things that happened to him. I was a bit uncomfortable with Trey's attitude towards women, but given his past I thought it was understandable. I liked Justin as well, but since the whole book is from Trey's point of view, I didn't get to know him as well.This book is definitely not your average romance with a meet cute and HEA. It's really more Trey's story but it still has lots of romantic moments. I found Trey and Justin's relationship rather insta-lovey. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just personally not a fan of this. The book does have a HFN and sets up for a sequel.I found some of the medical issues and therapy discussed in the book very unrealistic. My personal experiences with psychiatry and health insurance didn't line up with what was portrayed in the book. I cannot imagine any of the mental health professionals that I know in real life ever saying some of the things that the therapist in this book says. However my feelings are just based on my own observations, it's quite possible things like this could be happening elsewhere. It was just hard for me personally to believe.As a reader, I am unable to turn off my inner editor. At the time I read this book, it had not been edited, which I was unaware of until I read it. I have never read a book with as many mistakes as this one. It had a lot of their/they're/there, its/it's, and your/you're mix ups, as well as other word swaps of the kind that aren't picked up by spell check. There were also words that I felt were used incorrectly and comma and apostrophe misusage. I absolutely cannot handle these kinds of mistakes in books. I know this about myself, so I try to avoid things that might have these errors, but the sample for this is actually pretty clean. I didn't start seeing these issues until a quarter of the way in. Unfortunately, I am just completely unable to get my brain to ignore these. This pulled me out of the story every page or so and made the book seem way too long. I feel like I may have missed some important points because I was so distracted.I thought this book had a lot of potential at the beginning but it just didn't work for me. However I'm in the minority with this review, so your mileage may vary.