Review: Is it just me?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2013
I had high hopes for this book based on the description and the other reviews, but I'm 36% done and I don't know if I'll be able to finish it. Read on if you care to--everything I'm discussing can be found in the first third of the book, so I don't particularly consider anything a SPOILER.Let's stick with the basics:Denise is broke. Bad broke. Nothing in the pantry, and two teenaged kids to feed. Believe me, I can see how she would be desperate. HOWEVER, I found it distasteful that with hardly any resistance, she agrees to be a DRUG RUNNER for a local gang. As much as she claims to love her children, she seems to leave them home alone for long periods of time, quite frequently. My disdain for her grew exponentially when she brought her children along to the gang headquarters--a location she KNEW was dangerous.Is Liam supposed to be likable? Because I cannot, for the life of me, see how. He is a criminal. In fact, he's the "VP" of the gang who recruited Denise to ferry a drug shipment. There's no reluctance on his part about his role in this "club." Although he has moments where he is trying to protect Denise, I am actively rooting against him by this point in the story.To be honest, I haven't met a single character I like yet.I'm truly torn about whether I should read on. Other reviewers seems pretty stoked about this book! I'm just not sure I'm reading from the same one...