Review: Gritty, Angsty and Steamy...What more can you ask for?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Another great story from Paige Weaver!  What makes it great? Well, first of all, I truly believed this story.  I believed in the desperation, the addiction, the poverty, the uncertainty and the sadness experienced by these characters.  Their daily struggles were so well described that my heart hurt for them.  I also believed in their feelings of not being good enough to experience true love and their reluctance to share themselves with others.  When all you’ve known is betrayal and hurt, you’re not left with much to give…or even the desire to give it.  This is my long way of saying that the writing here was fantastic.  Ms. Weaver grabbed me and pulled me into this story from the very beginning.  I was fully immersed in this part of town and in these characters.And speaking of characters, I loved them all.  Sam was sassy and smart.  She was true to herself and cared very deeply for her family.  Cole was tough and damaged and had a big heart (although he wouldn’t agree with me).  And, of course, he was hotttttt!!  Their chemistry was through the roof as they straddled that fine line between love and hate.  Their attraction to each other was overshadowed by their confusion and uncertainty but the sparks still flew!  The only thing that frustrated me was that it took too long to get to what I wanted – the romance.  A couple of times I found myself thinking “this is it” and, once again, it wasn’t.  Although it put the angst level through the roof, I was left a bit frustrated.  But I think that was the point here...no easy road for these two!This book also had great secondary characters.  I absolutely loved Bentley!  He definitely intrigued me and I’d love to learn more about him (creates a petition to get a Bent his own book…)!  And I was totally creeped out by PamMan which, again, shows the strength of the writing.Would I recommend?  Definitely!  This was a great read with wonderful characters.  Ms. Weaver does it again…get to know her and her characters, I know you’ll love them!