Review: Main couple didn't work well
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
Rating:  3 starsWhew, know going in that this is far far on the grittier and darker side of MC books.  I didn't read the prior books (1 and 1.5, both about Outlaw and Megs), but I did read the summaries and detailed reviews with spoilers so I had a good foundation in the back info.  If you do what I did and start with this one, I highly recommend some research into the summaries of the prior books.  This book picks right up after the bachelor party of book 1.5, with our current heroine Kendall in the bed of Johnnie.In this series every single character without exception seems to have undergone unbelievable abuse and tragedy.  Nobody seems to escape heartbreak in this, and it has been multiple generations.  So, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that their romance isn't really a romance much when I look at Kendall and Johnnie, but I held out hope.  Unfortunately, that wasn't realized and was a big problem with me for this book.  It is clear from beginning to end that Johnnie holds Megs in much higher regard than Kendall and probably always will.  Kendall comes off as someone Johnnie is simply stuck with, and he consistently compares her unfavorably to Megs.  That didn't leave me at all feeling this was a HEA or even a HFN despite the fact that that Johnnie and Kendall do leave the book "together."  While I didn't find Kendall likable much, and was in fact shocked that a woman who was a lawyer would fall into such a mess in the first place, I would have enjoyed seeing her find something to hope for in her future.  I didn't see much of that at all, not the guy, not friends, not her sister, zip.The writing was interesting in the way of a soap opera or daytime talk show.  It kept me reading, which is not at all bad.  I like a darker book now and again, and this fits that bill.  I just was never convinced of the draw between the hero and heroine, even lust if not love.  I can stand a lot of darkness if I can see the passion between the couple.  Unfortunately, that wasn't present here.  The side characters and plots kept me reading more than the main couple.  I would probably pick up more from this series and hope for more time and intensity devoted to the main couple in the future, because the author did flesh out this complex world with so many details and personalities.I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review.