Review: Not as good as the authors other books
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
I was disappointed with Lila and Ethan's story.  I really liked the first Ella and Micah book.  I choose not to read the second, because it sounded like to much annoying back and forth, people getting in there own way, kind of drama.  I like the tension and angst while the couple is getting together, but once they are together I just want them to be happy and not have a bunch of relationship drama.I decided to give this book a try, since I really liked Ella and Micah and I loved the Kalie and Kayden books.  This book just did not do it for me.  The characters spend way too much time in their own heads thinking they same thoughts over and over again.  Lila's past felt a little over the top.  It is not believable that no one had any clue about her drug problem and the 'slutty' behavior just seemed to come out of nowhere.  She pretty much felt like a totally different character. I was also bothered by how easy it was for her to get clean.  A 6 year opiate addiction is a very serious addiction.  You don't just wean off the pills an be done with it.  Especially when it was not even her choice to get clean, she did it for Ethan.  I did not really have any interest in watching her struggle though recovery, so I am glad it did not go in that direction, but it would have been more believable if she was just popping pills occasionally and not suffering from a long term addiction.I did not get the whole London thing at all.  Though the whole book I was thinking she was really messed up and then we find out she is basically the same as she always was, only she lost her memory.  If Ethan was so crazy about her it does not make sense that he would just walk away because she did not remember him.  He could have stayed in her life as a friend and let her get to know him again as she recovered.  It sounded like she had some serious issues, so starting over with a clean slate could be a really good thing for her.  I just did not get his whole "the girl I knew no longer exists thing."  Plus it does not make sense that no one else knows anything about her.I found the Lila and Ella parts of the book awkward and they did not come off seeming like good friends at all.  I did not read the second book, so I don't know what their relationship was like in that one, but in this one it felt really off and not sincere at all.All in all I was really disappointed with this book.  It felt the it was just thrown together and the author was not really 'feeling' it or something.  Since her other books are so good, I know she is capable of better.