Review: Had so much potential...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2012
I think the concept of this book is fantastic.  Who would think that a sociopathic murderer could really be a romantic hero in a YA book??  I was very excited to read this and see how this scenario played out but unfortunately I felt this book didn't live up to its potential.  The first few chapters from the H's POV are very interesting, and I even liked the h b/c she's not the typical "good girl" who meets a "bad boy".  This was refreshing.  But the relationship b/t the 2 just didn't click for me.  The h disliked the H at first and the H found her intriguing b/c of this, then all of a sudden they are in full-fledged insta-love.  I need for a relationship to have a little buildup and make sense but within a day of the first kiss, the H is telling the h that she's his one and only and he's never felt this way about anyone else.  She feels the same way and they've yet to have any kind of meaningful conversation or anything.  This is a personal pet peeve of mine.  I need more.I also thought that the H seemed so interesting in the portion he was in Chicago but when he moved to the h's town, there wasn't really anything dark or scary about him anymore.  He was just another highschooler and although he eventually did do some darker things, it took a while and during that time I wasn't buying him as a true sociopath.  He seemed so mild and normal and I would have appreciated more chapters from his POV to see if he was really so easily tamed by a girl he just met.  The ending is a bit sudden and I didn't understand the motivations of the person who comes in and shakes things up. (Trying not to spoil anything here!)  Basically, this book needs some MAJOR editing, typo fixes and more fleshed out relationships and motivations.