Review: There's a lot more to this book than meets the eye!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
I'm glad that I didn't take the reviews too seriously and bypass this book because it was really intense and I couldn't put it down.  I give it 4 1/2 stars instead of 5 only because the main female character, Etta, annoyed me!Etta is about 1 week from turning 18 and meets Damien, who is 22 and very mysterious. She begins an incredibly intense relationship with him that she can't seem to step away from.  Damien unfortunately has a very secretive life and a controlling personality which escalates, causing problems between them.This book really drew me in quickly.  Damien was an off-the-charts alpha male whose possessiveness got to the point where he was dictating everything Etta did and isolating her from her friends and family.  It was interesting to see how that slowly happened, almost like you didn't realize what was going on until it was too late.  Etta was flattered in the beginning, taking it as a sign of his caring nature and I was thinking the same thing.  Like "aw, he's so sweet to want to be around her so much and do everything for her!"!  The ending of the book almost made it seem like it was a standalone but then I read the couple of chapters from the next book the author had included.  Yowza, there's going to be a ton of drama and angst in the next book and I can't wait!!!The reason I didn't like Etta was because Damien would do something completely unacceptable and Etta would start to confront him but then lose her train of thought when he got close to her because he affected her so much.  Seriously?!  I can't imagine ANY man having that much of an affect on me, even when I was 18!!  It bugged me that she didn't stand up for herself and couldn't seem to pry herself away from him to even see her parents.  Even though the sex scenes were off-the-charts hot I got tired of reading about how she was constantly screaming in ecstasy and couldn't stop herself from ripping her clothes off every time he looked at her.  Hopefully she'll be a stronger character in the next book!!