Review: Beyond frustrating
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
I'll start by saying I have read Checkmate 1 and 2 and this one was 449 pages of frustration. Monty didn't change and is still sleeping around , even with the same sidepiece who was the cause for his breakup with Candy. Rico was extremely trifling and Monty's ways seemed to have rubbed off on him. However, I will say Rico's trifling ways were more disheartening. Cheating is cheating, but cheating while your fiance is in the hospital immediately after giving birth... That's an all time low. The entire book seemed to have focused on their dirty ways that neither have changed while the more interesting aspect, the budding relationship between Candy and Brendon took a backseat. This book was extremely slow and I skipped several pages throughout to get to the "good parts." I understand Candy and Brendon 'taking it slow' but in a book you can't really expect the reader to patiently wait just as long as the characters for something to happen. Throughout the book I believe they saw each maybe about four times: the first outside the party, the second at IHOP immediately after the party, the third and fourth at Brendon's new club. No long, meaningful conversations on the phone, no REAL dates...I wonder how they were so sure about each other when it didn't seem they ever got a chance to actually know one another. They didn't even do anything beyond kissing until 98% and even then they just dry humped like adolescents playing hooky.  The cliffhanger at the end was really a let down and unnecessary. I can almost bet part 4's price will be increased yet still leave us with another cliffhanger. Another reviewer said "LET IT BE OVER ALREADY!" and I agree 100%.Just a sidenote: What year is this book supposed to take place? Candy rocking Coogi dresses and Dereon? LMAO. Please tell me this was at least a decade ago.