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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Loved this story and the characters, but it gets three stars because I wanted it to go so much further!
lighthearted
slow-paced
*leído en 2014*
No recuerdo mucho de que va, solo sé que lo odie en su momento y me imagino que mi opinión no habrá de cambiar mucho si lo releo.
No recuerdo mucho de que va, solo sé que lo odie en su momento y me imagino que mi opinión no habrá de cambiar mucho si lo releo.
I would not have read this had I known how disappointing the ending would be. I'm sure this is a set up for a sequel which I won't be reading. If anybody is expecting any actual romantic moments I'll warn you it's not going to happen. This is assuredly a YA romance.
This book was really good! I couldn't put it down, the only problem was the ending. How Julie Hockley left it was just... mean! She has to write a sequel, cliff hangers are the worst ways to end a book, in fact it is probably THE worst way. But, I am completely, undeniably in love with Cameron...so I do like how she left him to be, but not how she left Emily.
ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME!!!!!! This is by no means a 4 star book, it is five stars all the way but Hockley totally f***ed the ending up. I can't even believe this book... wow...
At least there is a 2nd book coming next freakin year... ugh.
Emily lives in the hood, attends college and manages to scrape by. Why she does this when her family is rich? I have no idea, even after finishing the book. During her run by the projects she witnesses a murder and wakes up a captive of the local crime boss. Cameron just happens to be young, hot and rich. (because it's ok if he is a murdering, drug dealing thug if he is hot and rich right???) Geez this takes Stockholm Syndrome to a whole new level. I know, all of that sounds really negative, and believe me it is, but the book kind of sucks you in despite all of that. While spending time with all of the criminals, Emily finds out she is really a gangsta.. (no she doesn't even though she does try.. and yes I spelled it with an 'a' and not an 'er') I don't really know how to review this book without spoilers, so read it, walk the line between love and hate, and come back to read the spoiler section below..
(Ok one more rant before the spoiler section) Again wtf. Crow's Row has everything that makes ya books popular. The hot bad boy criminal that deep down wants to do better. The spoiled naive virgin who thinks she can change his ways. Then of course he has to push her away for her own good. I mean if the rich naive virgin wants to leave fantasy land to be a gang member, who is he to stop her? Geez. Now that I think about it, this book was not five stars even though it sucked me in, it keeps getting more ridiculous the more I think about it.
***Spoilers***
After witnessing a murder, getting kidnapped, and falling in love with the boss, Emily finds out that Cameron and her (now deceased) brother Bill were very good friends. He and Cameron ruled the underworld until he died and Cameron took over. Since then Cameron has kept an eye on Emily as promised. While out at their compound she meets Rocco, Cameron's brother, Carly the gangs accountant (does this really happen?? I don't think so), and Spider the enforcer. Carly actually dated Bill before he cheated on her and had a baby with Frances. Now Carly is with Spider. Apparently when Bill died he left Emily with a lot of money, and several very expensive cars. Cameron denies his feelings for Emily until his home is attacked while he is away. Rocco is killed by one of Shields men while they are looking for her. She manages to make it out and into the woods, and is later found by Cameron. They have to hide out until the find out who the traitor is among them. At Rocco's funeral, the boys get called away by Shields men saying they want to join Cameron's side. Emily's uncle Victor comes into to help get her away. When gunshots ring out she runs with him, not knowing it's a trap and Victor is also known as Shield. (because he's a dirty cop) Emily manages to almost free herself when Cameron shows up. Spider insists on releasing Shield and at first Cameron refuses until they speak quietly. Then Spider shoots Cameron telling Emily that because of her he is now weak. Emily is distraught when Cameron dies and vows to kill Spider for betraying him. They drop her off at the house I guess assuming she will just go back to life as normal. Now here is the fucked up part... Cameron is not dead, they planned his death to force Emily out of their world. (for her own good again) So then that means Spider wasn't a traitor if he was in on the plan.. so who was?? Gahh so fucked, totally ruined the whole thing, but with this genius cliffhanger Hockley has guaranteed the success of her next book, because even pissed off I will definitely read it to find out what happens.
At least there is a 2nd book coming next freakin year... ugh.
Emily lives in the hood, attends college and manages to scrape by. Why she does this when her family is rich? I have no idea, even after finishing the book. During her run by the projects she witnesses a murder and wakes up a captive of the local crime boss. Cameron just happens to be young, hot and rich. (because it's ok if he is a murdering, drug dealing thug if he is hot and rich right???) Geez this takes Stockholm Syndrome to a whole new level. I know, all of that sounds really negative, and believe me it is, but the book kind of sucks you in despite all of that. While spending time with all of the criminals, Emily finds out she is really a gangsta.. (no she doesn't even though she does try.. and yes I spelled it with an 'a' and not an 'er') I don't really know how to review this book without spoilers, so read it, walk the line between love and hate, and come back to read the spoiler section below..
(Ok one more rant before the spoiler section) Again wtf. Crow's Row has everything that makes ya books popular. The hot bad boy criminal that deep down wants to do better. The spoiled naive virgin who thinks she can change his ways. Then of course he has to push her away for her own good. I mean if the rich naive virgin wants to leave fantasy land to be a gang member, who is he to stop her? Geez. Now that I think about it, this book was not five stars even though it sucked me in, it keeps getting more ridiculous the more I think about it.
***Spoilers***
After witnessing a murder, getting kidnapped, and falling in love with the boss, Emily finds out that Cameron and her (now deceased) brother Bill were very good friends. He and Cameron ruled the underworld until he died and Cameron took over. Since then Cameron has kept an eye on Emily as promised. While out at their compound she meets Rocco, Cameron's brother, Carly the gangs accountant (does this really happen?? I don't think so), and Spider the enforcer. Carly actually dated Bill before he cheated on her and had a baby with Frances. Now Carly is with Spider. Apparently when Bill died he left Emily with a lot of money, and several very expensive cars. Cameron denies his feelings for Emily until his home is attacked while he is away. Rocco is killed by one of Shields men while they are looking for her. She manages to make it out and into the woods, and is later found by Cameron. They have to hide out until the find out who the traitor is among them. At Rocco's funeral, the boys get called away by Shields men saying they want to join Cameron's side. Emily's uncle Victor comes into to help get her away. When gunshots ring out she runs with him, not knowing it's a trap and Victor is also known as Shield. (because he's a dirty cop) Emily manages to almost free herself when Cameron shows up. Spider insists on releasing Shield and at first Cameron refuses until they speak quietly. Then Spider shoots Cameron telling Emily that because of her he is now weak. Emily is distraught when Cameron dies and vows to kill Spider for betraying him. They drop her off at the house I guess assuming she will just go back to life as normal. Now here is the fucked up part... Cameron is not dead, they planned his death to force Emily out of their world. (for her own good again) So then that means Spider wasn't a traitor if he was in on the plan.. so who was?? Gahh so fucked, totally ruined the whole thing, but with this genius cliffhanger Hockley has guaranteed the success of her next book, because even pissed off I will definitely read it to find out what happens.
If I owned a paper copy of this book I would have thrown it across the room! I should not have enjoyed this book but I did soooooo much! A drug lord who kidnaps a girl and they fall in love? Totally not a Tiffany tale but I loved Cameron, I loved Emily and I LOVED Cameron and Emily. That ending was really great! It pulled on my heart strings just like it was supposed to and totally got me! It was slow at parts but I loved it. I loved that it wasn't a happily ever after, it wasn't a formula it wasn't like any love story I've read. I also really enjoyed the fact that they were human! I'm happy there is going to be a sequel but sad at the same time. It's kind of a good stand alone read not your typical story but I really want it to be so I'm sure she'll fix that in the sequel. For a first novel I enjoyed that a lot! I'm repeating myself now so I'm gonna stop reviewing.
You really gotta suspend your disbelief at the door with this one. Believe me, I tried, but it was asking too much.
Meh. This was mostly a meh book. It wasn't very believable, though I had high hopes for the premise. I picked it up because of the seedy criminal element and some bit about the hero driving a motorcycle. Unfortunately our hero-- Cameron aka Leader of All the Gangs in Christendom just doesn't really feel authentic. He's in his mid-twenties. Really not old enough for me to believe that a bunch of mafia-types would take him seriously as their boss. What he really does with this criminal element I have no idea. It's all sort of skirted around in ways that just didn't make me believe it. There's a good bit of info about how he's involved in the criminal underworld and what that means. He explains it a bunch of times, but each time it felt like information that I already had. I didn't need to be told that selling drugs was both dangerous and illegal, or that once in the business it would be difficult to get out of. I got it. He just didn't feel genuine to me. When Cameron was talking about working for organized crime he did much the same way I would (which is to say with absolutely no authority on the subject). It sounded like things you pick up from TV and movies, maybe even tamer than that. It didn't feel either gritty or raw and it needed to.
Others have complained that Cameron holds himself back a good time longer in the physical relationship-- longer than any criminal alpha-male really would-- before consummating his relationship with our carrot-haired heroine. (We get to hear a good bit about her hair color. I for one am wondering where all of these red-haired heroines are coming from. I think I've read a good 30 books this year with women with absurd shades of red on their heads. Really people, there just aren't that many red-heads in the world, perhaps that's because they have all been magically transported into romance novels.)
For the rest, it's the usual trope-- she's insecure and doesn't feel sexy or desirable or good enough for Cameron the big-bad boss. He of course thinks otherwise and sees her secret soul (don't they always). At least the reason that he cares about her worked for me. Bringing in the dead brother, Bill was the saving grace for me continuing to read. That link between the two of them, and the backstory that goes with it is far-fetched but I could hold on it.
And as is typical, we have a cliff-hanger ending. Or maybe you could call it a completely avoidable ending. I'm not sure. I'm also beginning to think that in addition to a plethora of non-existent red-heads in romance there is also an inability for any author to write a damn ending to a book. Really. An ending. A novel idea. I don't want to buy the sequel-- I just want the book to end, preferably with an HEA, but if that's not possible then just tie things up enough so I can deal .(No offense Ms. Hockley you're not the only offender, or even the worst in that regard), but that's been bugging me for a while now.
Meh. This was mostly a meh book. It wasn't very believable, though I had high hopes for the premise. I picked it up because of the seedy criminal element and some bit about the hero driving a motorcycle. Unfortunately our hero-- Cameron aka Leader of All the Gangs in Christendom just doesn't really feel authentic. He's in his mid-twenties. Really not old enough for me to believe that a bunch of mafia-types would take him seriously as their boss. What he really does with this criminal element I have no idea. It's all sort of skirted around in ways that just didn't make me believe it. There's a good bit of info about how he's involved in the criminal underworld and what that means. He explains it a bunch of times, but each time it felt like information that I already had. I didn't need to be told that selling drugs was both dangerous and illegal, or that once in the business it would be difficult to get out of. I got it. He just didn't feel genuine to me. When Cameron was talking about working for organized crime he did much the same way I would (which is to say with absolutely no authority on the subject). It sounded like things you pick up from TV and movies, maybe even tamer than that. It didn't feel either gritty or raw and it needed to.
Others have complained that Cameron holds himself back a good time longer in the physical relationship-- longer than any criminal alpha-male really would-- before consummating his relationship with our carrot-haired heroine. (We get to hear a good bit about her hair color. I for one am wondering where all of these red-haired heroines are coming from. I think I've read a good 30 books this year with women with absurd shades of red on their heads. Really people, there just aren't that many red-heads in the world, perhaps that's because they have all been magically transported into romance novels.)
For the rest, it's the usual trope-- she's insecure and doesn't feel sexy or desirable or good enough for Cameron the big-bad boss. He of course thinks otherwise and sees her secret soul (don't they always). At least the reason that he cares about her worked for me. Bringing in the dead brother, Bill was the saving grace for me continuing to read. That link between the two of them, and the backstory that goes with it is far-fetched but I could hold on it.
And as is typical, we have a cliff-hanger ending. Or maybe you could call it a completely avoidable ending. I'm not sure. I'm also beginning to think that in addition to a plethora of non-existent red-heads in romance there is also an inability for any author to write a damn ending to a book. Really. An ending. A novel idea. I don't want to buy the sequel-- I just want the book to end, preferably with an HEA, but if that's not possible then just tie things up enough so I can deal .(No offense Ms. Hockley you're not the only offender, or even the worst in that regard), but that's been bugging me for a while now.
This is more of a 4.5 for me. I loved Julie's writing, and the book and the story. I was bothered at first as to how well she took to this kidnapping. But it seemed to make sense in how much she was connected to everyone. I loved the ending...although I do hate a cliffhanger. And I kept going back and forth on 'Cameron is not dead'....'Crap, maybe he is dead'. I know it's been two years since this has been published and I really hope Julie gets #2 out sometime soon. I would definitely recommend this book.
Favorite Quote:
“Whoever said that love hurts was wrong. Love is excruciating, especially when you can feel it slipping through your fingers and there is nothing you can do about it. Like someone was playing tug-of-war with my limbs, ripping to shreds whatever was left behind. What it would feel like when love was lost...I wouldn't survive that”
Favorite Quote:
“Whoever said that love hurts was wrong. Love is excruciating, especially when you can feel it slipping through your fingers and there is nothing you can do about it. Like someone was playing tug-of-war with my limbs, ripping to shreds whatever was left behind. What it would feel like when love was lost...I wouldn't survive that”