Review: Loved it! Warning: Book Hangover
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
I finished this book several days ago but I haven't stopped thinking about it. And isn't that the sign of a really great book? One that stays with you long after reading it?My Rating: 4 StarsWhen I sat down to read this I didn't fully understand the need to bundle the novel and novella together, but I am glad that I read them that way. In all honesty, I am craving more! I want more of Quinn and Torrin right now! This guy is seriously gracing the top ranks of my favourite book boyfriends!The first 50% of Stripped I wasn't 100% sure how I was feeling about the book. In parts it felt predictable and I was having an easy time taking breaks to get something to eat, or check my Facebook. The send half of Stripped and Without You had me enthralled. I finally understood that we needed the build up, in the first half of Stripped to set the tone and the baseline of the relationships that were explored in the rest of the book. And, oh did I looovve the second half of this book!This book is really about Quinn and the state of her life at the beginning of the book. Her sister killed herself over a boy and to ensure she does not fall to the same fate Quinn has promised to never fall in love. In order to ensure that never happens she ends up dating the biggest douchebag she can find. On top of that, her father has lost his job after becoming embroiled in a scandal for selling college credits to a top athlete, her family is having to sell all of their possessions just to survive, she may need to leave her school and move back home because her family can't afford tuition, and she is now working as a nude model to support herself.Of course, Torrin is the captain of the rowing team, artistic and gorgeous (would we expect anything less from our book boyfriends?). He also doesn't take a hint when Quinn avoids his advances ;)I don't want to say too much more because the build up in this book was the biggest part for me. At the end of Stripped I felt perfectly happy with the transition to Without You and in all honesty.... THAT WAS THE BEST PART! I LOVED Without You! It has left me wanting more, more, more! (Just to clarify, there is no cliffhanger, I just want more of these characters!) I just went and checked her Goodreads and didn't see another book for this series, but there is always hope :) I hope you go and pick this up and enjoy it as much as I have!