Review: Title Says It All (Broken Love Story)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2013
BEWARE THIS REVIEW DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!!!This is the first review I have ever written for a book, that I hated the main character 50% of the time. Hated may be a strong word, but I became so incredibly angry at Cathy through out the book, that I wanted to grab her and shake her! This is not your typical love triangle storyline. Cathy and Ben meet in college, and fall into the kind of love that everyone yearns for, passionate, and true. When the story begins they have been married for 6 years, together for longer. They are having trouble with having children. This is where all of the issues lie in this story, everything stems from Cathy's troubles with carrying their child to term. Enter Arsen, playboy, rich, sexy, arrogant, possessive, devious, and in my personal opinion, selfish, and egotistical. Arsen and Cathy are immediately attracted to each other, and this is where the down ward spiral begins. I loved Ben from the very beginning, he is the type of man, all women yearn for. Devoted, Loving, Sexy, Sensitive, and Successful. Ben is not, completely fault free in this story, however his only fault, was being to supportive, and understanding with Cathy's issues. She slips further and further away from him, due to the fact that he never pushes her to confront her issues, for fear of hurting her further. I am a fan of love stories. Troubled, Emotional Love Stories. This one, well, this one takes the cake. I was so angry for majority of the book, I wanted to toss my Kindle out the door. Cathy feels inadequate as a woman, wife, lover because of their fertility issues. Instead of dealing, seeking treatment, emotionally, she shuts down, completely, on Ben, her friends, her Dad, everyone, except Arsen. Cathy's complete moral, emotional spiral is extremely hard to read. This book was difficult for me to finish, because I was so angry at Cathy and Arsen, and their blatant disregard for everyone but themselves. Guilt is mentioned and felt throughout the story, but it's never enough to de-rail the inevitable train wreck. Cathy behaved like an addict, in my opinion, only concerned with getting her next fix. Ben's feelings, were a very distant almost non-present after thought for Cathy. This broke my heart, and made me so angry.The writing here, and emotions elicited in the story are brutal, honest, raw. The sex scenes are steamy, and naughty. The author hid nothing, she put it all down on the page. Uncensored and Unapologetic would be my best description for this book. I may not have agreed with Cathy's decisions, her thought processes, but I am in awe of this story. I was heartbroken, I was angry, furious even, I was in love, and repeat. Any book that creates that powerful of emotional response, that really, really makes you sit back and think, while you are reading, deserves a great review in my opinion. I am still going over the story in my head, and thinking while writing this review. How broken do you have to be, in order to risk everything that you live for? This is the one question that I still find myself battling after finishing. I am also curious, if this is meant to be a standalone novel, or part of a series. I am left with lingering questions, at the end, ones that I would love to have answered. This one will stay with me for a long time.STILL REELING FROM SEVERE BOOK HANGOVER!!!