Review: Very difficult to get through
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
I had seen the good reviews for this book and that along with the blurb had me one-clicking.  Unfortunately, for me this story was just not that great.  The writing is very awkward; a lot of words that should be written as contractions aren’t, which is very hard to read.  Most people don’t talk like that unless English isn’t their first language.  This writing style, along with the fact that this book really needs another look by an editor for grammar and basic editing, makes for a choppy read.When it comes to the characters, the only one I really liked was Kat, Victor’s roommate.  She’s the only one who seems believable.  Victor is very crude, and acts in a selfish manner.  He expects Monica to just go along with the rules he sets out without any real explanation.  Granted, he does tell her up front not to expect much from him, but his motivations and his expectations of her (especially further on in the book) are just ridiculous.Monica feels like a very weak character, going along with whatever Victor wants and not standing up for what she wants and deserves (like the truth).  When she finally delivers an ultimatum to Victor toward the end of the book, I was thinking, “Finally!”.  With unlikeable lead characters, it makes it very difficult to get through the story.As for the resolution of the story, it felt like the author rushed the ending and was trying to force the HEA.  With Monica and Victor being so difficult to like, It made their coupling hard to like and believe.I actually couldn’t read this straight through, I had to keep taking breaks from the story as it didn’t flow well at all.  I finally pushed through to the end so I could give it a fair, honest review.