Review: Beyond Control 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
Even though Gabriele (Gabby) comes from a very wealthy family, she hasn't really had an easy life.  Her mom died of cancer when she was just twelve after a long hard battle.  One that she went through with her older brother Aaron by her side every step of the way.  He was her best friend and the one person that she knew that she could always count on but when she lost her mom, she also lost Aaron.  He disappeared right after her mom's funeral without a good bye spoken or even a letter to explain why.  For years she prayed that he would come back, call or write but never a word, even when she was having to deal some major issues and needed him most.  She's moved on now though and started working at her father's company, at only 22 years old, she's running one of the divisions and profits are up, things are looking good for her even if she has sworn off men.Jason lost his one true love in a tragic accident and has had a really hard time moving on but with one look at Gabby, all that seems to have changed.  Things are looking up for him, his shop is doing great, he has plenty of money to do what he loves most and with persistence he finds love once again.The story portion of this book was good but the writing drove me somewhat crazy, it was too descriptive and boring at times.  I hate it when the authors give you a precise play by play for each and everything that the character does.  Do we really need to know every step that they take from getting undressed and getting into the shower unless it has something to do with the story at hand? If someone is undressing them then I'm all for that but not when they are getting undressed themselves...  just saying.As for the plot itself though, it was good but you could tell where it was going from the moment that you find out what her health issue was and what happened when Jason lost his girlfriend.  I had a hard time rating the book because I didn't feel that it was truly worth 4 stars because of the boring parts and the writing but the overall plot was good so it deserved more than 3.This story does end a HUGE cliffhanger so just beware going in that if you want to find out what happens your already committing yourself to another book.  I hate giving up and the reviews look to be better for Beyond Doubt so I've already bought it and will read it next.