Review: An emotional whirlwind of a novel. Absolutely fantastic!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
This YA/New Adult read was a knockout. Blown off my feet, and I'm completely head over heels for Sean Reilly. But really who wouldn't be? He is a boxing champion that is proud of his hometown and Irish heritage, and he does everything to give his little sister a better life. *Queue the tears and awes. This book is just one of those really good messed up books. I was originally informed that it was like Beautiful Disaster and, although it's very different, it has the same feel about it and same sort of Alpha male character. But there are many things that are different--in some ways its more intense. There is the Irish Mofia, drugs, killings, violence...I couldn't put it down. I wouldn't say this book is for the young adult genre because, even though their characters are 19-22, there is a lot of violence, a lot of sexual content, a lot of mature language, and over all a lot of crime that is going on. And what happens to Hadlee, and how messed up she is...oh god it was so good! Man, oh man, will I be waiting patiently for the next book to come out. This was a whirlwind of a novel. It may have been short, but was it ever sweet. And, it leaves quite a cliffhanger promising the second book to be just as good as the first. If you haven't read this book yet...go get it.Good:Hadlee--pushing through what happened to her and trying to make a better more normal life for herself. A true role model for any of those that have had something like that happen to themSean--Cocky, and I believe the song "Sexy and I know It" was written for him. But, he does everything for a reason...for family and is trying to better his life.Bad:It was too short! I want more.Overall (Writing style, story line, and general):Overall this book was mind-blowing. The writing was well done, and even though there isn't that much humour in it, the seriousness of the subject pulls at your heart as your read it almost like you were right there watching everything happen. In my opinion I would say that the story line is pretty unique as I haven't read that many novels that had so many serious subjects all rolled into one. I will be waiting not-so patiently for the next book to come out. It was so good that I couldn't even read the sneak peek for the next novel because I knew it would be me too riled up.