Review: Sure, there were some parts that bothered me, but I still enjoyed it...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
***Please be aware that this review contains spoilers and reveals the ending of the book. READ WITH CAUTION***3.5 StarsI'm definitely going to be in the minority regarding this book, but this is just my opinion. I really loved the first half of this book. It was edgy and raw. The sexual tension and BDSM play was insane, and I loved every sex scene that was written. Autumn and Lucas have some wonderful debates together about the nature of his books, and I loved each of their points.I get that Lucas is a very distinguished gentleman, and the way he talks reflect that. He's a writer who releases books that are erotic thrillers, and he has a very affluent quality to his character. What I had a hard time with is that the whole book is written in this affluent manner. Even the inner dialogue between the two main characters was written this way. For me, this kind of writing style affected the flow of the book. I found myself skimming some parts in the last half of the book, because I just wanted Autumn or Lucas to have thoughts that were "common-speak". I wanted to relate to them (well maybe not Lucas as he is a true sociopath) on a human level, but that was hard to do.For Autumn and Lucas there is no HEA. Autumn has a HEA of her own, but the ending still didn't leave me satisfied. She gets no redemption for all the things Lucas and his assistant Sarah did to her. She basically lets them walk away scott free. I can understand if there was going to be a second book about Autumn's revenge, but she doesn't even entertain the idea of making Lucas pay for all the wrong doings he did.I get the point that Lucas' game was to set Autumn "free" in a way, because she was an uptight librarian who found sexual freedom, but Autumn is still suffering the aftermath of what Lucas has done to her; and for Autumn to not get any closure on the entire ordeal was a let down for me. Also, at the end of the book, Autumn suddenly finds detective, Adam Marx extremely attractive. I felt this completely came out of no where. If she found him attractive when they first met in the book, I could understand her sudden feeling for him, but their relationship seemed to come out of the left field just so Autumn can have some sort of happy ending.I understand that not all love stories are wrapped up in a cute little bow-I get that-and I completely would have been fine with the ending if Lucas and Sarah had been punished even a little bit, but they weren't-so the ending was disappointing for me; however, I. Could. Not. Put. This. Book. Down. Sure, there were some parts that bothered me, but I still enjoyed it. And I'll probably pick up Lily White's next book too.