Review: Needs work! Work on spelling and grammar, characters, plot...Cliffhanger too!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
I give this a 2 1/2 star.  This book could be good, but needs a great deal of work.  Here is what needs work, in my opinion (may contain spoilers):1.  Spelling.2.  Grammar.3.  Language.4.  Characters.  Ana is very immature.  She did a lot of things to make people jealous.  Ana liked leading people(men)on to serve her purposes, such as making the hero jealous.  She was careless.  Ana was out and about getting drunk when a serial killer was after her just because she wanted to make the hero jealous.  Seriously!?  She waited so long to be with Jake and then she behaved like a teenager.  Ana plays games.  She is serious when she should not be and not serious when she should be.  Ana took Jake's behavior and authority, to protect her, and made it into a game where she was the challenger.  She just did not get it!  Ana was a constant flirt!  It just didn't make sense for someone when their entire world was this one person (Jake), including loving him and wishing for him, to behave that way when they finally get what they wanted.  I could go on and on about her...5.  Sex.  It was constant and not appropriate for certain situations.  For example, a serial killer is after her and all she can think about at every waking moment is sex.6.  Cliffhanger.  I detest cliffhangers.  With that said, it did say "Take 1" so I knew there would be more.  How many more?  No clue.  I did not like the ending AT ALL and it wasn't necessarily about the cliffhanger.  I didn't get it.  Were we to assume the mom is pregnant?  Why did Ana just bolt?  Ana has no problem being strong in certain situations but she completely abandoned ship without knowing what was going on.  Also, what was with that blurb at the end from Jake's point of view?  It seemed out of place.  Are we to assume the next book will be from Jake's point of view?  The ending was just lackluster for me.7.  Things were too obvious.  I knew who the serial killer was and I knew what was going to happen.  It was too obvious and predictable.  Therefore, it was dull.8.  The Mr. & Ms. references were too much.  I hated that in this particular book.9.  Did Jake actually have an intimate relationship with Ana's mom?  The book hinted to the fact that they were not intimate.  They also had separate bedrooms.  Jake made a partial comment about Ana's mom saying something to the fact that they never...He didn't finish.  Never were intimate?  Never had s** without a condom?  Well, either would conflict with the ending (which hinted at Ana's mom being rounder than normal and her and Jake having NEWS; pregnant?).  Also, it conflicted with how Jake felt about Ana's mom.  He didn't want to date her, let alone marry her until he met Ana.  It was all about and for Ana.  It was a pseudo relationship.  Confusing and conflicting?  Many things need clarification.I think I will stop here with this series.  There would have to be significant improvements for me to continue.