Review: 3.25 anxiety filled stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2013
WHAT HE REALLY FEELS is the second storyline in Lisa Suzanne's new adult, contemporary romance series and runs partially parallel to HOW HE REALLY FEELS and beyond. This is Travis Miller's story and told from his POV.This particular storyline now finds Travis in San Diego. When the only woman he has ever loved professed her love for another man, Travis did what he felt best and ran. His relationship with Julianne now floundered between friendship and hatred and starting over in San Diego seemed like his only option. But to his surprise, the one-night stand that continued to burn a hole in his heart was in San Diego, and his heart and his mind were lost. Julianne was becoming a distant memory as he endeavored to establish new friendships, new relationships and a new job.Like the first storyline, What He Really Feels is a story with a major love triangle that overlaps into another triangle. Jealousy, envy, selfishness and betrayal are constant and continuous throughout the first two instalments in the series. The characters's adolescent behavior is very indicative of their maturity levels. The angst and anxiety of the relationship triangle and screw up bled the entire novel.Mistaken beliefs fueled the continuous jealousy and anger; revenge for an act of betrayal caused heartbreaking sorrow; and with it came another indecision.I can't stress enough how these storylines push my proverbial buttons. The triangles began to overlap and two people who once loved each other from the age of five continued to fuel the simmering anxiety and doubts about `what if' and `why'. And then add new lovers, jealous exes, flagrant disregard and disrespect for one another's new relationship-well, in the end, is anyone really happy?For me to enjoy a series or story, there has to be mutual respect for a love relationship to be successful. So far, there is nothing but anguish, heartbreak, misdirected and ambivalent feelings; selfish lovers; jealous exes; and indecision. This is a hard series for me to rate -because I know it is a story of fiction but there is nothing redeeming about most of the characters and their actions. I can only hope, there will be a HEA for everyone-and especially for the reader.