Review: So freaking GOOD!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2013
This author has seriously surprised me. I'd never read any of her books before but this book sounded good so I figured I'd give her a shot. I was expecting something cute, fun, but not anything close to what I actually got. This book hooked me from the beginning and I didn't stop till I finished. I brought it with me everywhere; I was at the point where I was walking to the train and reading at the same time because I couldn't stop reading.Stella won't leave her house. At all. Nobody understands what's wrong with her, not even herself. But every time she tries to go outside, she has a panic attack that leaves her wishing she could die. I really liked Stella and that she could appear both strong and weak at the same time. I also loved that she wasn't afraid to speak her mind, even if it made people uncomfortable. Her family life is a mess and I especially hated her mother, who only seemed to care about herself and how things would make her look. Which brings me to my biggest problem: cougars.This is entirely my fault but I guess I didn't really read the book blurb as well as I should have because I hate books with cougars. It's just one of my book peeves that I do not like reading no matter what. So when I realized that Daniel not only has "sexual relationship" with older women but with Stella's mother, I was disgusted. It was so hard for me to understand why he had sex with those women. I don't know what I felt more; disgust or sadness. Mila Ferrera really pushed things by making the older women his love interests mother. I thought for sure I wasn't going to be able to get passed this, but somehow I did.Daniel sleeps with the rich cougars so they will buy his art. For him, using sex to get what he wants barely even registers. They don't matter to him and he knows all they want is to feel young and beautiful again so he plays the part and in return gets lots of money and exposure. I think the main reason that he did those things was because a part of him was insecure about his art work and didn't think he could get anyone to buy them any other way. Which of course he couldn't be more wrong about but insecurities are a pain to get rid of. When Daniel meets Stella, something about her interest him and the more time he spends with her, the more he wants to know about her. At first, I just couldn't stop thinking "Ew, he slept with your mother!" but at some point, I just stopped caring. I know that she didn't mean anything to him and I could tell that he really cares for Stella.I love when books surprise me and this one definitely did. I look forward to reading more from this author but PLEASE, no more cougars! If you like New Adult that's about more then sexy times (though there is plenty of that here too ;)) then pick this book up.