Review: Enjoyed it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
Without Doubt is the second novel in C.J. Azevedo’s series Without though it can be read as a stand alone. I’m not at all sure about my overall feelings for Without Doubt, I’m leaning towards saying I liked it, but didn’t love it.Ava Sterling is a very grown up 22 year old, she is a strong character but very stubborn. From start to finish there was something about her that just didn’t sit well with me, I found myself rolling my eyes at her more times than not. She did have a lot going on in her life though so if I had to pick a few words to describe her they would be kind, caring but sometimes annoying.Declan James, though he is definitely a sexy as sin MMA fighter, his borderline obsession with Ava from the get go didn’t really make me warm to him. He is used to getting everything he wants which makes him come across as a bit of a brat but as the story progresses he becomes very sweet and loving and an all round nice guy which gets a huge thumbs up from me.Plot wise, the first few chapters were pretty painful for me to read. I love instant lust between characters, not instant love or instant attraction. Instant love and attraction needs to be built up and played out well, instant lust though can happen from the get go. Instant attraction is what we got between Ava and Declan which just made me shake my head, wanting to go out with someone before you even know them is just…blah!Getting past that and really reading into the story was when it got good. I picked up on how things were going to play out and what would happen early on in the book but it didn’t change that fact that I still enjoyed reading it. The start to the book, near the ending and some characteristics of the characters let me down overall but it was still an enjoyable read.