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hpoppen's review against another edition
5.0
Great read and hard to put down. Read it in 2 days. My emotions were every which way. I hate that it ends in a huge cliff hanger because i don't want to have to wait for the next book to come out. I really felt for Emily and Gavin and hated what Dillion was doing to Emily. Makes you see how people can get sucked in and feel vulnerable and how they feel they might owe a person. Gavin is relentless and I love his Character. I can't wait to read the next book and find out more of Emily's story.
jamie_beth's review against another edition
5.0
Gavin Blake has ruined me for all other book boyfriends. There are no words to express my love for this book, or it's follow up, Pulse. I love, love, love this story. I have re read it at least 3 times, and most likely, will not stop there.
heatherbragglerock's review against another edition
3.0
I am on some weird steamy romance novel kick. This was a fun read, a “Fifty Shades of Grey” inspired romance without the kink. The main characters are part of upper crust New York. Growing up less than a mile from a trailer park in Indiana, I felt like they behaved more like drunken and angry rubes on a Friday night. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book. The follow-up is not as good. With the right editing the two books could have been one banging read. Excuse the pun.
isa77's review against another edition
1.0
I really don't know what is up with all this books with damaged heroines who are poster victimes. I draw really hard lines in some subjects and abuse is one of them.
cheryl_vangent's review against another edition
4.0
THIS CLIFFHANGER HAS ME SCREAMING CRYING AND BEING ANGRY AT DILLON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BOOK (at Emily too for taking that fucking shit wtf) LIKE BLOOD BOILING ANGER AND I NEED TO READ THE SEQUEL ASAP
chandlerainsley's review against another edition
1.0
this was... awful
we have emily, a complete fcking idiot. we have dillon, the abusive cheating boyfriend. and then we have gavin who is sweet and extremely boring. obvious love triangle situation.
so many issues here.
1. it was so unclear whether or not our author was trying to condemn the abuse that emily suffers or if she thought it was just convenient to have emily have an incredibly shitty boyfriend that she could leave for another man
2. same as 1, but like... lazy lazy lazy writing
3. same as 1 and 2 but also uh abuse isn't something that should be peppered in because you can't think of a better/more convincing/angsty reason why two people aren't necessarily supposed to be end game
major trigger warning for sexual assault at the end of the book.
we have emily, a complete fcking idiot. we have dillon, the abusive cheating boyfriend. and then we have gavin who is sweet and extremely boring. obvious love triangle situation.
so many issues here.
1. it was so unclear whether or not our author was trying to condemn the abuse that emily suffers or if she thought it was just convenient to have emily have an incredibly shitty boyfriend that she could leave for another man
2. same as 1, but like... lazy lazy lazy writing
3. same as 1 and 2 but also uh abuse isn't something that should be peppered in because you can't think of a better/more convincing/angsty reason why two people aren't necessarily supposed to be end game
major trigger warning for sexual assault at the end of the book.
meghayes11's review against another edition
5.0
Looooooooved this book. I think I wanted to shake Emily about 90% of the time, but I LOVED the book. Why oh why has a real life Gavin not found me? I don't understand. It happens all the time in books :(
beeppeep's review against another edition
I'm going to need time to rate this one. What I do know is that it left me feeling angry and frustrated, to the extreme. Both genuine emotions elicited by the plot, but also elicited by Emily. My good LORD, how many misunderstandings can a couple possibly endure before throwing in the towel and saying "fuck it"? I honestly wanted to SHAKE Emily for being so dense. Gah, she's what angered me the most, though Dillon's douchbaggery certainly did not warm the cockles of my heart.
Yes, I need time to figure out how I feel about this. I'm conflicted. I don't think I can bring myself to read the second book. There's so much anguish in this book, that unless the second book is all unicorns shitting rainbows, I'll be a basket case. Just like S.C. Stephens' Thoughtless series for me.
P.S. Cheating cheaters who unapologetically cheat? Anger.
Yes, I need time to figure out how I feel about this. I'm conflicted. I don't think I can bring myself to read the second book. There's so much anguish in this book, that unless the second book is all unicorns shitting rainbows, I'll be a basket case. Just like S.C. Stephens' Thoughtless series for me.
P.S. Cheating cheaters who unapologetically cheat? Anger.