Review: Meh
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
I just couldn't get into this book, mostly because of the characters.  Although I did like the author's actual writing style, the characters and plot line were just so ridiculous that I couldn't connect with them at all.Brittany was so over the top as a brat at first; she's just downright awful, although you can feel a little sorry for her family who has to deal with her, feeling sorry for them only goes so far when they're all apparently willing to leave her homeless and unhelped when she was RAISED to be spoiled and useless.  Her brother Brett is her twin and even he has no sympathy for her, despite the fact that the grew up in the same household and he KNOWS how she was raised.  Yeah, he got away from it, but the very first thing he does is kick her out of his house because she might make HIM look bad since he's on the police force and she has mandatory rehab.  This being despite the fact that he himself has been through rehab.  I dunno, I just did NOT like him or her at ALL.Then he spanks her after he finally loses his temper - which, the reason for why he finally loses his temper seems really ridiculous compared to some of the other stuff that she's pulled prior to it - and all of the sudden BOOM, Brittany's entire personality changes.  She's not the least bit resentful or hurt or angry with him.  Nope, all of the sudden she starts seeing her behavior in a new light.  She doesn't even get mad when Brett starts talking about her punishment and attitude adjustment in front of Reed.  Ugh. At this point you'd better have a pretty amazing suspension of disbelief.  This would be more believable if it was a paranormal spanking story and an alien had just taken over her body.Pretty much the only thing to like about this story is Reed, but since he's interested in Brittany from the very first I ended up losing some respect for him cuz she's just awful.There are much better stories out there with much more realistic and enjoyable character development.  I can't recommend this one.