Review: AN ADDICTIVE READ FROM MARIAH COLE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
.After reading the synopsis of this book, I had no idea what to expect.  This book  really surprised me- in the best way possible.  As the synopsis states, this isn’t your typical happy go lucky love story.  Emerald hasn’t had an easy life and this has shaped how she views relationships.  Emerald is brash and ballsy.  She doesn’t expect much from the opposite sex.  In fact, she doesn’t expect much from anyone, that way there is little disappointment.  When a mysterious stranger, Carter,  walks into the coffee shop where she works, things begin to change for Emerald. But will she let her past dictate her future?I really liked Emerald.  Sure sometimes her attitude sucked, but she was coming from such a difficult place.  There was no fakeness to Emerald.  She calls them like she sees them.  I enjoyed watching her change from when she first meets Carter.  She still has a hard edge to her personality, but Carter also brought out a softness in Emerald.  Carter is one hot and sexy man who knows what he wants and goes for it.  In this case, Emerald.  I really felt in reading this book that Carter and Emerald were exactly what the other needed in order to get through life.  They completed each other, sharp angles, jagged edges and all.  This was a really quick read for me because I got so caught up in this book.  I liked how Emerald changed but still maintained her protective shell.  The ending to this book absolutely killed me.  I am on pins and needles waiting for the next book.  I had never read anything by this author before but Beautiful Failure definitely made a fan out of me.4.5 out of 5 stars