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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Reading this book took me on a ride. I was crying, laughing and ready to fight all at the same time. I have read this book several times. I love Mia, but, I love her even more with Jordan.
She had a hard life before she could even walk know it was going to be hell. She was abused by her father... her mother signed her over to. The fell right into another abusive relationship with her prick bf. I loved the chemistry right off the bat that she and jordan had.
This book had me on edge and wanting to read it straight through. And I DID! lol I loved the ending it gave you a certain peace you did not have to think about what is going to happen in the next book. The Author fed a complete meal and it lets me think that Jordan and Mia are traveling right now. I Love this book and it is a Goodread.
She had a hard life before she could even walk know it was going to be hell. She was abused by her father... her mother signed her over to. The fell right into another abusive relationship with her prick bf. I loved the chemistry right off the bat that she and jordan had.
This book had me on edge and wanting to read it straight through. And I DID! lol I loved the ending it gave you a certain peace you did not have to think about what is going to happen in the next book. The Author fed a complete meal and it lets me think that Jordan and Mia are traveling right now. I Love this book and it is a Goodread.
[ Review is also posted at Of Coffee and Books ]
Damaged by her past and running away from a man she doesn't want to have any more relationship with, Mia finds herself staying in a hotel far away from home with a determination of finding her mother. Along her stay, she meets Jordan, the son of the hotel's owner and is currently responsible as the receptionist. Secrets revealed, a shocking discovery and love met Mia as she takes on the road to finding the person who left her in the hands of cruelty with the help of a boy who's got quite a reputation.
Feelings of happiness and sadness were emitted from me while reading Trouble. At first, Mia was a bit confusing to understand since she hates her boyfriend and then she doesn't want to leave him. She kept saying the opposite of what's inside her mind. She finds her boyfriend cheating on her, she was relieved because finally she's got an excuse to break up with him, but then she cried. I don't understand her..at first. And that's when everything went down when her boyfriend's true nature came out. I feel in that moment that she was scared. She's living in fear and she wants to get away but she's afraid she can't do it without him hurting her. The scene seemed so real that it was hard not to feel hurt towards Mia. And I'm glad to read the confusing character was just in the first few chapters because it I feel like it'll affect the story and regress Mia's character since she grew some spine in the later chapters.
It was fun reading the book knowing that Mia's safe and she's finally opening up, and she found a friend in Jordan, Beth and even Jordan's dog, Dozer. Although with Jordan, she found love and a family which made me a happy reader. I'm also glad that there's a side to Jordan that cares and understands Mia as he was in lust at first sight at her. The twist (or that wasn't really a twist) was good although at some point I have a minor issue that won't be discussed further because there are possible answers in my head and it's going to spoil. This is a spoiler-free review.
I'd recommend this to readers who enjoy New Adult books and are into those romantic type of setting. Main characters aren't annoying, for me, so it's good. And if you love dogs, you're going to love Dozer or more especially, Jordan and Dozer.
Damaged by her past and running away from a man she doesn't want to have any more relationship with, Mia finds herself staying in a hotel far away from home with a determination of finding her mother. Along her stay, she meets Jordan, the son of the hotel's owner and is currently responsible as the receptionist. Secrets revealed, a shocking discovery and love met Mia as she takes on the road to finding the person who left her in the hands of cruelty with the help of a boy who's got quite a reputation.
Feelings of happiness and sadness were emitted from me while reading Trouble. At first, Mia was a bit confusing to understand since she hates her boyfriend and then she doesn't want to leave him. She kept saying the opposite of what's inside her mind. She finds her boyfriend cheating on her, she was relieved because finally she's got an excuse to break up with him, but then she cried. I don't understand her..at first. And that's when everything went down when her boyfriend's true nature came out. I feel in that moment that she was scared. She's living in fear and she wants to get away but she's afraid she can't do it without him hurting her. The scene seemed so real that it was hard not to feel hurt towards Mia. And I'm glad to read the confusing character was just in the first few chapters because it I feel like it'll affect the story and regress Mia's character since she grew some spine in the later chapters.
It was fun reading the book knowing that Mia's safe and she's finally opening up, and she found a friend in Jordan, Beth and even Jordan's dog, Dozer. Although with Jordan, she found love and a family which made me a happy reader. I'm also glad that there's a side to Jordan that cares and understands Mia as he was in lust at first sight at her. The twist (or that wasn't really a twist) was good although at some point I have a minor issue that won't be discussed further because there are possible answers in my head and it's going to spoil. This is a spoiler-free review.
I'd recommend this to readers who enjoy New Adult books and are into those romantic type of setting. Main characters aren't annoying, for me, so it's good. And if you love dogs, you're going to love Dozer or more especially, Jordan and Dozer.
From the get go this has you engaged with the characters, you feel their love, pain, frustration, sadness....just plain AWESOME-NESS from ST. From her writing you cannot help but fall in love with her characters (especially the bad boys :) ) The song reference are ideally placed to each scenario especially The Script "The man who can't be moved", loved how ST speaks through the music!
One cannot forget Dozer who stole the scenes from the main characters with his cuteness :P . I basically did not want this to end.
One cannot forget Dozer who stole the scenes from the main characters with his cuteness :P . I basically did not want this to end.
I didn't particularly like this book (duh, one star rating?). I felt zero for any of the characters despite all their troubled pasts and whatever family drama. And the plot? Excuse me, but it was too predictable to handle. I know people love this author and her work, and I did read [b:The Mighty Storm|15724654|The Mighty Storm (The Storm, #1)|Samantha Towle|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1345793260s/15724654.jpg|21400430] back in 2012 and enjoyed it somewhat, even though I know I'd probably dislike it read I it today. Either way, Trouble did nothing for me, and you can call me heartless for not caring even a little bit for these characters.
Let me explain a little first. It's not that I can't read about broken heroines/heroes, I can. In fact, I enjoy doing it and seeing them expand as people, grow from their issues and such. But just because someone is broken or hurt, I don't automatically feel for them. And here's why: I've been that girl. Someone who's had issues on her own (I'm not talking some of the more violent experiences, but when it comes to the state of mind). Due to this I've had people treat me different ways; I know the reactions people have to 'broken' people. After those times in my life, I don't automatically feel for a person, because I know there are stories behind many things, and people view things differently.
Anyway, with that said, I didn't feel for these characters. Trouble is the story of Mia. Her dead father used to abuse her, her new boyfriend abuses her, and she has an eating disorder. Then we have our hero, Jordan. This poor boy lost his biological mother, and her then stepmother, gambling issues, and a violent streak. Now to the part where my little rambling earlier will make sense. I can feel for people, or in this case, characters, but I want their inner troubles to make sense. Mia's doesn't. Or maybe they do, but I'm never given enough information from her to know for sure. Her thoughts are too shallow for someone abused so badly, and the same goes for Jordan. I understand he uses sex as a defense mechanism, but I don't think I read a single chapter from his POV where he wants to do someone (often Mia).
Then we have the fact that Mia is TSTL. Just this quote will explain a lot:
Forbes is her previous abusive boyfriend, by the way. Anyhow, I don't remember the exact matter of time, but I do believe she thinks this after having met Jordan less than a week before. I'm sorry, but I can't handle stupid people like that, no matter how broken she/he is. She acknowledges she did this mistake before, and yet, without having any therapy or help, she is putting her in the same position as before.
Aside from that, the writing. Oh God, the writing. Prepare yourself, another little story from my own life here. On one of the tests I did in school once, my teacher told me I deserved an A for the short essay, but she couldn't give me one. Why? Because one of my paragraphs was too short. I know, it's different writing an essay and a novel, but for that reason, I couldn't help but jerk a little each time I came across an extremely short paragraph. Funny thing, most of them were. Many of the paragraphs are short, and it makes for chunky reading (I jerked a lot by the way. People around me almost thought I had a seizure).
So no, I couldn't care much for this story or the characters. They were all shallow and underdeveloped. The plot is predictable and the romance is rushed as they fall in love in about two weeks. I'm all for love at first sight, but I don't believe someone as abused as Mia was would fall head over heels for a guy who sleeps around, has violent streaks, and is pushy, in this short time.
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Let me explain a little first. It's not that I can't read about broken heroines/heroes, I can. In fact, I enjoy doing it and seeing them expand as people, grow from their issues and such. But just because someone is broken or hurt, I don't automatically feel for them. And here's why: I've been that girl. Someone who's had issues on her own (I'm not talking some of the more violent experiences, but when it comes to the state of mind). Due to this I've had people treat me different ways; I know the reactions people have to 'broken' people. After those times in my life, I don't automatically feel for a person, because I know there are stories behind many things, and people view things differently.
Anyway, with that said, I didn't feel for these characters. Trouble is the story of Mia. Her dead father used to abuse her, her new boyfriend abuses her, and she has an eating disorder. Then we have our hero, Jordan. This poor boy lost his biological mother, and her then stepmother, gambling issues, and a violent streak. Now to the part where my little rambling earlier will make sense. I can feel for people, or in this case, characters, but I want their inner troubles to make sense. Mia's doesn't. Or maybe they do, but I'm never given enough information from her to know for sure. Her thoughts are too shallow for someone abused so badly, and the same goes for Jordan. I understand he uses sex as a defense mechanism, but I don't think I read a single chapter from his POV where he wants to do someone (often Mia).
Then we have the fact that Mia is TSTL. Just this quote will explain a lot:
But this is Jordan.
And I’m about eighty-five percent sure I can trust him. He’s given me no reason to not. And yes, I know Forbes came across as trustworthy in the beginning, but back then I was naïve and a fool.
Forbes is her previous abusive boyfriend, by the way. Anyhow, I don't remember the exact matter of time, but I do believe she thinks this after having met Jordan less than a week before. I'm sorry, but I can't handle stupid people like that, no matter how broken she/he is. She acknowledges she did this mistake before, and yet, without having any therapy or help, she is putting her in the same position as before.
Aside from that, the writing. Oh God, the writing. Prepare yourself, another little story from my own life here. On one of the tests I did in school once, my teacher told me I deserved an A for the short essay, but she couldn't give me one. Why? Because one of my paragraphs was too short. I know, it's different writing an essay and a novel, but for that reason, I couldn't help but jerk a little each time I came across an extremely short paragraph. Funny thing, most of them were. Many of the paragraphs are short, and it makes for chunky reading (I jerked a lot by the way. People around me almost thought I had a seizure).
So no, I couldn't care much for this story or the characters. They were all shallow and underdeveloped. The plot is predictable and the romance is rushed as they fall in love in about two weeks. I'm all for love at first sight, but I don't believe someone as abused as Mia was would fall head over heels for a guy who sleeps around, has violent streaks, and is pushy, in this short time.
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****4.5 STARS****
***BLURB***
Mia Monroe is running. Running from a person she doesn't ever want to find her. Running from a past she doesn't ever want anyone to know. Desperate to find a future, that yesterday, she could only dream of having.
Jordan Matthews likes easy. Easy women. Easy life.
Then he meets Mia.
She’s damaged, troubled and has more baggage than any person can carry. But the more Jordan gets to know Mia-for the first time in his life-he finds himself wanting to try hard for something … for someone … for her.
And then life isn't so easy anymore.
Jordan is everything Mia shouldn't want. A whole bunch of dirty hotness, tattooed, cocky bad boy, who made his money at poker tables and picked his women up in bars. Yet, Mia finds herself falling for him. Then the past Mia was running from, quickly starts to catch up with her. Because that’s the problem with running … you have to stop sometime.
And when you stop, you get caught.
***MY REACTION***
I really had mixed feelings with parts of the book but ended up loving it. Although I had enjoyed the first 3/4, the last 1/4 of the book created a real emotional connection with Mia and Jordan. I found my self teary-eyed and laughing out loud all in that last part of the book, and I wasn't able to put it down from there to the end.
We learn early on that Mia has some mental issues due to a lifetime of emotional and physical abuse by first her father and then her one and only boyfriend. There was a part of me who had a hard time with Mia and Jordan's relationship because of this. I kept feeling like she needed to get help and find herself before throwing herself into the first non-abusive relationship she finds.
Of course I ended up loving Jordan Matthews from the beginning and had no doubt that what he felt for Mia was completely real - he felt it before knowing how "broken" she was. I knew it wasn't an attempt to "fix" her.
Overall, other than my concern for Mia's mental health, I really loved this book. I ended up with an emotional connection to the characters and there is a twist that I didn't see coming until right before it happened! One of the best parts was the Epilogue - I appreciated getting the complete story with a positive look to the future.
***BLURB***
Mia Monroe is running. Running from a person she doesn't ever want to find her. Running from a past she doesn't ever want anyone to know. Desperate to find a future, that yesterday, she could only dream of having.
Jordan Matthews likes easy. Easy women. Easy life.
Then he meets Mia.
She’s damaged, troubled and has more baggage than any person can carry. But the more Jordan gets to know Mia-for the first time in his life-he finds himself wanting to try hard for something … for someone … for her.
And then life isn't so easy anymore.
Jordan is everything Mia shouldn't want. A whole bunch of dirty hotness, tattooed, cocky bad boy, who made his money at poker tables and picked his women up in bars. Yet, Mia finds herself falling for him. Then the past Mia was running from, quickly starts to catch up with her. Because that’s the problem with running … you have to stop sometime.
And when you stop, you get caught.
***MY REACTION***
I really had mixed feelings with parts of the book but ended up loving it. Although I had enjoyed the first 3/4, the last 1/4 of the book created a real emotional connection with Mia and Jordan. I found my self teary-eyed and laughing out loud all in that last part of the book, and I wasn't able to put it down from there to the end.
"Pain of the past never goes away, you just find a way to deal with it. And the future...all the promise it holds... that's what keeps you moving forward,and out of the darkness."
We learn early on that Mia has some mental issues due to a lifetime of emotional and physical abuse by first her father and then her one and only boyfriend. There was a part of me who had a hard time with Mia and Jordan's relationship because of this. I kept feeling like she needed to get help and find herself before throwing herself into the first non-abusive relationship she finds.
Of course I ended up loving Jordan Matthews from the beginning and had no doubt that what he felt for Mia was completely real - he felt it before knowing how "broken" she was. I knew it wasn't an attempt to "fix" her.
"Sometimes that's all it takes. Just one person to turn everything on its head. Remind you of the person you were."
Overall, other than my concern for Mia's mental health, I really loved this book. I ended up with an emotional connection to the characters and there is a twist that I didn't see coming until right before it happened! One of the best parts was the Epilogue - I appreciated getting the complete story with a positive look to the future.
"I love you, Mia. Every part of you. The best and the worst. The broke, the perfect. The bad, the good. You're it for me, babe. I only see you."
blech...It was painful to actually read this book. If it wasn't the bookclub pick of the month (Id did not choose it!) I would not have finished it. I probably would have put it down after the first chapter!!
Cute and entertaining. Insta love 😕. It was a little predictable for me but maybe it’s because I read too much.