Review: Three stories in one
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
This read like three stories in one.  I was confused how the plot climaxed so soon and then moved on to another plot and yet again, another.  I was also a little frustrated with the formatting and the dialogue.  It was distracting and I had to re-read passages to figure out who was saying what.  At times there was a lot of info dumping.  The story was highly entertaining and kept my attention, but the characters became annoying and I actually disliked the hero in the end.  I love a controlling alpha male, but Jimmy was over the top and abusive, both physically and emotionally.  I also felt like Maria was being babysat the entire book by friends.  She was more like a pet than Jimmy's girlfriend.  Maria was very fearful and untrusting of anyone outside of their circle, so it was nice to see her character grow into an independent woman.  There was so much going on in this story,but some of it could be left out so the story flowed more smoothly.