Review: Too Long, but Really Good Plot
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2013
"He practically had a `your mother did warn you' stamp on his forehead right next to the `yes, I do taste as good as I look' and it made her want to touch all the more."WOW,This is a REALLY long really GOOD book, so at the fantastic price of .99, it is a deal.  Airicka Phoenix is a very good writer if not too prolific!  This is definitely a teen novel that deals with highschoolers that are 17 but seemed younger, but then it also has some super ADULT situations that makes it very INTENSE.  There is a very big parental presence and some repetitive dialogue that may contribute to the length of the story, but overall, a very good romance with some absolute TERROR in it.There is a new bad boy in town, Spencer, with a schizophrenic hot/cold attitude toward the heroine Sophie. Sophie likes the most popular boy in school, Brian who is finally singer and invites her and her friends to the popular group's party that Friday night. Sophie has to sneak out of her house in order to go to the party and ends up being saved from three university guys by none other than Spencer. (She is continually walking into his "brick wall" chest and being saved by him).  While wildly attracted to Spencer's body, Sophie is confused by his meanness towards her.  Both throw insults and sarcasm at each other, but just when Sophie thinks he might be acting nicely towards her, he does something incredibly mean and keeps his distance from her.When Sophie later discovers that Spencer's old girlfriend hurt him BADLY and that is why he doesn't want her, she begins to understand his hot/cold attitude. As they start to get to know each other, Spencer's car is vandalized, they get hit with BB's and Sophie is left a bloody gift on her doorstep.  Somebody does not want them together and they have to hide out for awhile. Their romantic relationship is really sweet and fun to read!  Then there are chapters and chapters of Sophie being abused by the psycho that wants her and it is very disturbing to witness the sickness of this character. "You are much feistier than the others.  They were willing to do anything I said just so long as I swore not to hurt them." - psychoAll the characters are really great and definitely fleshed out, but it really was too long.  A good editor could really help tighten this book up (mostly by taking a lot of the conversations with her parents out as they are mostly repetitive). I really loved the plot and the characters, but to be honest, I skimmed A LOT and still found it a fantastic story.Some profanity (sht,damn,one f-word) very sensual make out scenes (hello!) sex but not even descriptive (talked about after the fact) and physical abuse from the psycho that wants her and kidnaps her and others. INTENSE ENDING!Would I/Did I buy it? Yes (.99)Would I read it again? Probably NotWould I recommend it to friends? Yes