Review: Major Flaws
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2012
I read this book after reading Fated by S.H. Kolee. This book is much weaker. The two main characters have major flaws and so does their relationship. They know each other for three days before falling into bed and after less than a week it's a relationship. It felt rushed and I didn't understand what they saw in each other because we barely knew them as individuals.  After their whirlwind "romance" they embark on a relationship that's a little more believable. There is a situation that breaks them up full of lies, misunderstandings, and irrational behavior.SPOILER ALERTIf your ex-fiancée tries to kill himself because of you, shouldn't you avoid feeding what is clearly mental illness by catering to his demands? Any competent psychologist treating the ex would have told her not to stick around. Even crazier to me is that her childhood best friend ends up marrying him. Why would you want to marry somebody who tried to kill himself twice over your best friend? Books can be unrealistic, but the actions of other characters should be more than feeding the HEA of the main couple which is what that plot device was. We needed the ex-boyfriend married off to clear the way for our main characters, so we married him off.After 5 years the Emma and Jake meet up again and reunite. That's where Jackson gets scary. He is obsessive and weird and does a few things to Emma that border on sexual assault. Such as Emma repeatedly saying "no" and being ignored.  He apologizes later so I guess that makes it okay? There is also a strange shrine set up in his apartment. His apartment that also weirds me out. the Big Misunderstanding is pointless and dragged put too long. i figured it out from the start of the book. At the end, I still don't believe that Emma and Jake are interesting characters or an interesting couple. Their dialogue doesn't reveal anything about who they are as people because it is so focused on who they are to each other. What I did love us that both of them had relations with other people during their separation. Nobody is going to remain celibate and romance insults our intelligence by claiming young and  attractive people are going to forgo all relationships pining over an ex.For 4 dollars it really wasn't bad, but read Fated, it's so much better.