Review: Finally something original!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
I'd like to thank Renee Carter, the author, for sending me a free kindle copy of this book!One thing about this book: I couldn't put it down. I told myself I could read some and stop before going to bed, then resume my reading the following day. Totally wrong assumption. I kept reading way past my bed time and finished it around past 4 a.m. I'm crazy, I know. But books have that effect on me. I can't help it!I can't lie, though. I didn't like it as much as I liked HIS EYES. The story was good and kept me hooked and interested all the time, but I admit I expected something better. My problem probably were the characters. I liked Aidan and could feel his frustration and stress. I could sympathize with him, because I'd feel the same. I'm a little shy and being recorded on camera all day, for weeks, months, with no privacy, would be HELL. But even worse would be pretending to love someone when all you want is to be with someone else.The other characters I didn't like particularly. I found Hazel a little lame and boring. But I can see why Aidan liked her. Well, not really, but at least she was kind of sweet.Therese annoyed the heck out of me. And she was too aggressive for poor Aidan. And she was a superficial girl. You'll see why, when you read the book. I didn't like her one bit.Aidan's mother was selfish and kinda naive. Well, actually, she was stupid and selfish, mostly. She signed the contract without even reading it!!! And she risked to ruin her son's life with her stupid behavior and dreams to be an actress! Hello! You have a son to take care of! Maybe you should grow up a little! And maybe she did in the end.John is still a question mark. I can't say I liked him, but also that I didn't like him. I was pleased to see a kind of bonding with Aidan though.I liked Emily, for what I could see. Cute little sis.Mr Stolken creeped me out and scared the hell out of me. And he was hateful as hell. And even though everyone in the end got what they wanted, he still won somehow. Because Aidan and his mother did break the contract and had to pay the consequences.The story was good and original. I liked that it was something new and not something read many times in many different books.All in all, a good read and new and interesting.Even though it shows 3 stars, it's actually 3.5 stars.