Review: 3.5 Stars - I wanted more of the romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
(Note: This book was purchased on Amazon UK so will not show the verified purchase badge)I loved Bad Rep and I like this authors writing style. I loved Riley in Bad Rep but in this book she tried my patience quite a few times. She reminded me a bit of Keira in Thoughtless.I looked forward to this book but it wasn't as good as Bad Rep. It had far too much of Riley's internal monologue and although it had dialogue with her friends and her ex Damian, it had very little dialogue between her and Garret. I wanted more of their romance...they don't interact much throughout the story and when they do Riley is a bit of a b*!ch more often than not. It makes you wonder what Garret sees in her. The few sex scenes are quite tame.Garret is in a band but he isn't a bad boy rocker. In fact, he is a sensitive soul. Maybe a bit too sensitive for my liking. I wanted him to man up a bit and make Riley work harder for forgiveness. Riley knows where she's going in life and most of the book came across her believing Garret wasn't good enough for her and him thinking the same. The book is told entirely from Riley's POV but it was easy to read between the lines as to how Garret felt and you do feel sorry for him.When we did get some romance I liked it. I liked some of the sweet things Garret said to Riley. I liked the lyrics of the songs Garret wrote. Yet even in the epilogue it seems Riley is still holding back so when she says what Garret has been waiting to hear, it should have had more impact than it did but instead it was rushed. Maysie and Jordan feature in this book and seem to be living HEA. Alcohol and drug abuse play a part for some characters and the book certainly has a message.Although errors etc can be expected with self published authors, I was surprised in the acknowledgements when the author thanks her Editor as I found an awful lot of errors (missed words, repeated words, incorrect words etc) which at times distracted from my reading. This book has had a big push from Bloggers and a 'Street Team'. I'm surprised nobody mentioned the errors to the author and PLEASE don't take that as an offence against people lucky enough to get an ARC because it isn't. I just think the author should have been told before publication (unless of course they were given an unedited version but that doesn't account for the Editor).All in all, I would say I was a little disappointed in this much anticipated book but only because I wanted more of Riley and Garret being a couple and interacting. I wanted more dialogue. I have read a lot of this author's books and will continue to do so. Because one disappoints, it doesn't mean the others to follow will and the teaser for her new book sounds promising.