Review: A good girl-bad boy story that keeps your interest
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
I really liked this book as the overall story was good and kept my attention. As I sat back to think about my review I said to myself I want to give this book a 5 star rating. Any book that has me counting the hours until I can read again means it's a good book. However, when I take a step back and think it through there was a few short conclusions, one unanswered question and a couple nave moments that warrant the 4 instead of a 5. Trust me this is a good book I don't want to downplay its worth with the previous statement, but I felt the need to address a few things.The story of Dace and Ella is the good girl-bad boy story. We all love these especially when love conquers all. This is that type of story. But the big unanswered question is what became of Ella's family house. All of the choices Ella has made lies behind her getting money to live and for her parents house until it sells rather than losing it foreclosure after the sudden death of her parents. You never find out what happens in the end with it. Does it sell, does Dace buy it, does it go into foreclosure or does Ella continue to pay the mortgage for the rest of her life. It may sound silly but it is the last tie to her family so there is a conclusion and an emotional tie to it. What happened, how did Ella feel, did Dace helped her get through creating an even stronger emotional bond, etc.As for short conclusions, they are kind of tied to the nave moments. Ella is a virgin, who has come to rely heavily on Dace for emotional and financial support shortly after the death of her parents. They become best friends and she falls in love with him. As she finally gets the courage to tell him how she feels she walks in on him having sex with patron of the club. He says he did it because he thinks she was playing games yet he knows she is innocent (not a virgin, but innocent. With him being a player himself and them being so close he should know them having sex would mean something to Ella and be a big deal. I found the excuse lousy, yet in less than 24 hours she is forgiving him and giving her virginity away. Ok people can be nave but I find it's a total 360 of her character to let the hurt go so quickly. Then within a day or so later she finds out about another lie (an easy guess for the reader). Yet she forgives that again within less than 24 hours too. It is never clearly explained why she hates his side job. I get why she wouldn't want someone she cares about doing it but she seems to have a profound dislike for it in general that makes it seem like there is more to it. Also, Dace tells her she must accept the club for what it is yet he is seeking a law career to protect his brother and father. If Dace owns the club, he is negligent too which he even points that out so that contradicts itself. Does he seek to get out once a law career is established if not he shouldn't be worrying about using his career to help his family because he will be going down with him destroying that career in the process. The other short conclusion was the secret her best friend kept about Dace. I believe in forgiveness but Ella made it seem like her friend forgot to invite her to a party, not her friend was hiding what the man she was falling in love with was doing that she is totally against.All in all a great read, I just find it sad when a great story that is detailed all the way through is rushed at the end. The reader becomes so entwined with the characters lives and emotions when it is well written, that in the conclusion of the story one is left incomplete because their isn't full closure. In, turn you'll be content with the ending but complete hmmm.