Review: Disappointed ... with Gage
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
I know I'm in the minority here, seeing how many 5 star ratings this book received. But I just have to put in my review and say something about my reading experience. I should not have read this book. I really wish I could unread it. Ugh, why, why, why did Gage turn out to be such a loser in this book? He was so good and alpha-ish on the first one. He was self-assured, arrogant but head over heels in love with Ellie. But on this second book, he turned out to be a different person. He was weak. He let himself get manipulated by this evil witch Penelope. I was so disappointed with him.I completely agree with what the other reviewer said that Eliza made the best decision when she left him the first time at the end of the first book. What would have happened if she had stayed? Knowing now that he was really lying when he said he was going to drop Penelope, Eliza's future would just have been jeopardized. She would have stayed with someone who didn't even have the balls to fight for her.I'm very disappointed. I know, I know, I've said it earlier but I just can't help saying it again. I should have just stopped with the first book and just created a good ending in my mind. Don't get me wrong, there was an HEA in this book but it was just not good enough for me. It seemed forced and just thrown in there. Gage's POV and his thoughts on the epilogue still did not make me change my mind about him.Also, I skimmed a lot on about the halfway mark because of all the other stories about the other characters, band members and their girlfriends. I'm sure the author was just setting up for the next book(s), building those characters up and whatnot, but I just wasn't interested. I loved the first book but can't extend that love for the second book no matter how hard I tried.