Review: Great Story but Warning about Ending!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
Rating: 3.5 - 4 starsOkay time to be upfront and rip it off like a band aid. I really liked this story...like a lot. However, there is a sequel and this book is not a stand alone. I was not expecting that this was not a complete story and was a bit disappointed that I have to wait to see how this story ends. That being said, there is no cliffhanger per se, but the story does end and I was like "what the hell" when I came to it.Now that that is out of the way, I can talk about the story. Emilia has been hiding in the library for the last three years of college, but now that she is approaching her senior year, she decides to take baby steps to integrate herself in college life. And then she meets Logan Prescott, heir to an international hotel chain empire, and it doesn't hurt that he is drop dead gorgeous either. Logan has a reputation for drinking, doing drugs and sleeping with lots of women. He is exactly what Emilia tries to avoid.But, he is interested in her. From the beginning he tries to prove to her that he has changed and that she is something special. Emilia has severe trust issues - for reasons we don't find out until later - but eventually lets herself fall for him. He is 100% swoon worthy and appears to be genuine. Logan is pretty much perfect....and then the ending happened.I liked this story and I liked the characters. I was instantly addicted and could not put this book down. I loved how Logan was so patient and caring towards Emilia. I loved how they would communicate over emails and have witty banter. I love that their families were on board with their coupling. This story was good and I totally understand why the author chose to end the book the way she did. I now have to get my hands on the sequel!I take full responsibility for not doing my research and not knowing that this book was going to have a sequel. However, I will say I think this book was unnecessarily long. When I first started it, I noticed it was a lot longer than the average book, which I was fine with. But, now knowing that this wasn't even a stand alone, I can look back and see all the extra stuff that I could've done without to shorten the book.The wooing of Emilia seemed to drag on forever, with the same thing happening each time - they would go on a date, have some great banter, make out, then he'd kiss her forehead and they'd go to sleep. At first, I was fine with it, but time after time this happened and I feel like the story just dragged and it was unnecessary.I also wasn't the biggest fan of how Emilia dealt with her secret. This is one of the things that bothered me the most about her. She had issues - rightfully so - but she refused to share them with Logan, and when she finally did share them with him, it was the bare minimum. I also don't like that her secret was kept a secret for so long - especially when we were in Emilia's head the whole time. Because of this, when the secret came out, it wasn't as shocking to me.And then the ending. You know I didn't mind the ending at all. I liked that the author created that OMG moment for me. It just came out of left field. I wish I was given a little clue that something like that was going to happen, because it was so out of character.I'm absolutely going to want to read the sequel to this book. I HAVE to know what happens! I am teetering between giving this book 3.5 stars and 4 stars. On one hand I liked the story, the writing and the characters. But on the other hand, it really dragged for me in some parts and I felt like it was unnecessary and could've been condensed.I do recommend you reading this book, I just may recommend you wait until the sequel comes out. In hindsight, I wish I had waited to read this when I knew I could jump right into the next book.*I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This review was originally posted on Book Reader Chronicles"