Review: 2.5 STARS...It started out strong
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
This is one of the few books I've read where I didn't want a HEA for the main characters.The Good:Ally is a good character.  Nice, a little reserved, focused on school.  She starts getting stalked by a guy named Earl.  She handles it pretty well, she's annoyed, frustrated, scared...but she tries her best just to ignore it.  At least until she can no longer ignore it.The stalking was handled well (believably).  I could feel Ally's indecision over how minor Earl's staring was at first, wondering if she was overreacting.  As the stalking escalated, so did Ally's fear, and I thought the author did a good job of showing how little the police can do and how frustrating it is for the victims.The ending (with Ally and Earl) was scary, but not over-the-top unbelievable.The Bad:Kale.  His character started out good.  He seemed like a nice guy, sweet and attentive.  He's willing to help Ally with the Earl situation, help keep her safe.  I thought walking her home from work and texting her to make sure things were ok was sweet.  Then he sort of turns into some kind of controlling jerk.  Whenever they have sex he starts saying things like "you belong to only me" and "you're mine" (considering Earl is leaving her voicemails that say "mine" this is extremely creepy and douchebaggy on Kale's part).  He takes her phone to see if he can help with the voicemails/texts and then won't give it back to her (even though she NEEDS to be hearing this stuff to know how serious it is) and he also takes creepy notes off of Ally's car that Earl leaves and doesn't tell Ally.  RED FLAGS!!!!  The worst was when Ally tells Kale she loves him and he won't say it back, but still keeps saying the "you're mine" stuff.  You don't even love her but she belongs to you?  Yuck.  Even Kale trying to turn things around at the end didn't work for me.  I didn't believe him and I wanted Ally to just be on her own for awhile and heal.