Review: An intense story.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
I honestly don’t know what to feel about Drawn. I mean, I think I can get the part where you feel so attracted and attached to someone for some irrational reasons, but I don’t know how Etta managed to stay with Damien all throughout the story.Etta’s character was relatable in the sense that she had overprotective parents who give her 6pm curfews and prohibit her from going out with friends to party or hang out. That’s why when she turned eighteen, she can’t wait to move out and start a new life – one where she makes her own rules and does what she wants, anytime, anywhere. I understand why she wants to do this, as this is some sort of rebellion but sometimes, I just feel that she is way out of line already, forgetting to visit her parents for dinner or simply chat with them. And it is all because of Damien. She was too wrapped up in their own little world that she starts to neglect her studies, stops hanging out with her friends and forgets to check with her parents. I know that her freedom also blinded her, but that is not a valid excuse to not visit her parents, considering she is their only child left and her brother died a few years back.Speaking of her parents – I love that they were involved in their daughter’s activities every now and then, though they can be really quite overprotective to the point of being unreasonable. But they were also there to support Etta after everything that happened with Damien and still accepted her wholeheartedly and my heart warmed up to them during that moment.As for the two male leads in the story, I’d have to say that I am on Aaron’s side. He is just this sweet, and caring guy – with him, you’ll feel safe and comfortable. I was a bit disappointed when I didn’t read much about him; it was like I didn’t get to know him that well. I hope that the author put more background story into his character and about his past with Etta. Damien, on the other hand, is the mysterious type of guy and I think that’s one of the reasons why Etta was attracted to him. But he is so controlling and manipulative and kinda creepy (yikes). He keeps everything to himself and Etta doesn’t even know what he really does for a living. Their relationship is so unhealthy and I don’t know how she managed to stay with him even though they clearly don’t trust each other. He uses sex to distract her from their arguments and keeps her away from her friends and family.I hope that there was some kind of improvement on both of their characters in the end but I didn’t see that, or maybe it was too little for me to notice. All throughout the story, they just fought, had sex, fought and had sex again. This is an intense story of two people who are confused with what’s going on in their relationship, if it’s really love or just pure lust, and even though I was left hanging by the end of it, I still look forward to the continuation in the next book.