Review: Hard to Hold review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
This was split mostly between a three and four star rating for me. In the end I've settled for 3.5 stars. It had a lot of potential and I think this author will go far with a little more experience. I'm unsure if this author is actually from England, or America. The story was set in London, but not much about the story really anchors it there. There was a lot of 'realize' instead of 'realise' which the 'se' is the British English. Things like this happened a lot which makes me think it was an American Author. Things like this made me think outside of the story while I was reading it, instead of staying with it.Like other reviewers have stated, I enjoyed both of these strong characters, but as I got closer to the end I really wasn't sure the HEA was them actually together. I think I would have been fine if they left each other, or if one of them died to be honest. Their relationship was so toxic and they were truly awful to each other. There is a quote I've seen online which is: "The problem with our generation is we go through hell with a person and see that as motivation to stay with them. Just because you've been though "a lot" doesn't mean anything. It's not about how long someone has been in your life, its about the impact they have made in it." These two characters never really showed their love for one another. They cared for each other but it seemed more out of a sense of history and obligation. They never appeared IN love to me.There were a few mistakes too, like using you're instead of your etc. But overall the story was enjoyable enough. It was refreshing to see two such strong characters, and I think perhaps this author might have been able to think outside the box and show that you don't HAVE to stay with someone just because readers and people expect it. Maybe they both could have grown, moved on from each other and found happiness with new people. The last chapter could have been them coming together at the end and seeing how far they've come and becoming friends.Like I said, this author definitely has something there and I think with every book we'll see more improvement. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a little action with their love story, plus enjoys the bickering and angst filled story that never leaves any of these pages.