Review: Annoyingly Predictable
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
I usually fly through books. This one zapped the energy right out of me. I didn't enjoy any of it.This is my first book by this author, but I've heard great things about her, so I won't take this one to heart and will perhaps give her books another chance.This is about Amara Maloof, a young girl who decided to "sign" her life away upon overhearing her father and a French man have an argument about her father's debts. She steps in to take care of it when Philip (the French man) expresses interest in having her work for him. Then he disappears and returns a few years later to collect her.The problem with this book is that it's labelled as a romance. There is no romance here. She pines for a man she leaves behind, and that's pretty much the extent of the romance in this story.The villain Philip is one dimensional at best. For a man she works for, we don't get a better understanding of his character. He's just aloof and wicked, and that's pretty much it.And the sex? For a good while there, it's lesbian sex (and I'm not fussed at all about woman on woman scenes, so don't call me a prude) but it wasn't hot at all. It felt awkward and coerced.I felt detached to every single character in this story. It was like reading about someone from very, very far away. You watch them move around, hear them speak, but you don't FEEL for them. And that's the main problem in this book. I didn't feel for Amara's struggles. I couldn't relate to her issues because they could have been easily avoided if she'd just communicated a little more instead of facing all that heartache.When we finally get answers, they're vague and weak at best. The plot holes are everywhere. It's a bit of a headache too when so much is already going on. Very unsatisfying.*******SPOILERS AHEAD****** DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK*********The scene she's giving that old man a handjob while staring at another woman doing the same? I'm not sure if the author was going for shock value, but the thoughts that went through Amara made me dislike her so much. Just so unrealistic.The Nolan thing? COME ON, who didn't see that coming? ESPECIALLY when she bumps into that certain someone in a place she only told Nolan she'd go to. SIGHHHHH.And stringing Colin along the way she did. Why not just tell him she's forced into a proposition that threatens the future of her parents and make him understand that she's taken off for two years to repay some debts? Instead, the idiot just rambles on with, "I just can't be with you, but I love you. But I can't be with you. I just can't." Fat tears, sobs, heart ache, etc etc. And all that did was make Colin feel like she chose a job over him, hence why he hates her so much. And rightfully so. If I knew Amara, I'd kick her in the vagina and walk away forever. He didn't deserve that treatment.The end.