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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
2.5 stars
I didn't enjoy this book... I'm not really a fan of Harper's at all...
I didn't enjoy this book... I'm not really a fan of Harper's at all...
“That first night, I did realize I would never meet another girl like you. But you deserve someone who has waited for you as long as you have waited for them. And no matter how much I wish I could be that guy, I can't Harper.”
RECAP:
Harper is looking forward to going to college to get away from her Marine bred father. She is looking forward to living a normal life and doing what normal girls her age do. She isn’t looking for anything other than being free from the life she was born and raised in. She definitely didn’t plan on her life turning out the way it did.
Harper isn’t prepared for the turn her life, away from her father, would make. She wasn’t prepared for the pain, suffering, love and family she was given. But that love comes with strings attached. One connected to Brandon Taylor and the other to Chase Grayson.
Brandon is everything a girl can ask for. He’s loving, caring, attentive, protective and patient. When Harper suddenly falls in love with him she feels like the luckiest girl alive. But something is missing with Brandon.
Chase is everything a girl like Harper shouldn’t be attracted to. He’s a player, a drunk, a jerk and your typical bad boy. But Harper can’t resist the way her heart beats when he’s around, the fire he causes in her, or the way her body craves him. And when Chase reciprocates those feelings and changes his ways Harper knows that she is playing with fire. And the fire is about to burn her.
One night will turn her world upside down…
MY TAKE:
Okay so let me start off by saying that I absolutely loved the storyline. Unfortunately the story itself was a drag. I literally forced myself to finish this book because I was just wishing that something would change. Unfortunately that didn’t happen.
There were parts I liked…
The ones with Chase were my favorite because you could actually feel the chemistry between him and Harper. You could also see the change in him and couldn’t help but adore him. In every one of his scenes you would swoon no matter what. Yes he had his times where he was a jerk but you also understood why. His love for Harper was so irrevocable and you saw it in the times he was with her. Yes he had that Travis Maddox personality and that is why I loved him.
Another part that I really loved was the reunion with her father. Their talk and reunion was really heartwarming and almost had me in tears. Yes, I understood why she was upset but I also understood why he was the way he was. There was a lot of heartbreak in their lives and I was glad to see them finally start to heal.
Now for what I didn’t like…
Brandon was a different type of swoon-worthy character. Unfortunately not the kind I liked. He did have his moments where I sighed and smiled but other than that I didn’t feel any connection with him. There wasn’t any fire in his relationship with Harper. It was sweet, caring and Perfect. Too perfect. I liked the fact that he was a fighter and liked his protective side but he lacked what Chase had, fire.
I also didn’t like Harper not one bit. She was selfish and that never changed. She only cared about herself and didn’t think things through. She annoyed me and I couldn’t even find anything that I liked about her. The jumping back and forth between guys was slutty. She was your classic example of a girl that was deprived all her life and then when given freedom didn’t know how to handle it. Maybe others will see it in a different way but I found her to be extremely selfish.
The turn of event moment! OMFG! I wanted to scream, cry and kick something when it happened! I won’t spoil it but I will say prepare for it because it is the only part that had me in tears. To me the story ended there and I just couldn’t get over it.
Good plot but the story was too drawn out. When I finished I sighed in relief. I wanted to love this book so much but I couldn't. :(
With all of the above said I will let you make up your own mind on picking this up.
Review posted at: Christina's BookReviews
RECAP:
Harper is looking forward to going to college to get away from her Marine bred father. She is looking forward to living a normal life and doing what normal girls her age do. She isn’t looking for anything other than being free from the life she was born and raised in. She definitely didn’t plan on her life turning out the way it did.
Harper isn’t prepared for the turn her life, away from her father, would make. She wasn’t prepared for the pain, suffering, love and family she was given. But that love comes with strings attached. One connected to Brandon Taylor and the other to Chase Grayson.
Brandon is everything a girl can ask for. He’s loving, caring, attentive, protective and patient. When Harper suddenly falls in love with him she feels like the luckiest girl alive. But something is missing with Brandon.
Chase is everything a girl like Harper shouldn’t be attracted to. He’s a player, a drunk, a jerk and your typical bad boy. But Harper can’t resist the way her heart beats when he’s around, the fire he causes in her, or the way her body craves him. And when Chase reciprocates those feelings and changes his ways Harper knows that she is playing with fire. And the fire is about to burn her.
One night will turn her world upside down…
MY TAKE:
Okay so let me start off by saying that I absolutely loved the storyline. Unfortunately the story itself was a drag. I literally forced myself to finish this book because I was just wishing that something would change. Unfortunately that didn’t happen.
There were parts I liked…
The ones with Chase were my favorite because you could actually feel the chemistry between him and Harper. You could also see the change in him and couldn’t help but adore him. In every one of his scenes you would swoon no matter what. Yes he had his times where he was a jerk but you also understood why. His love for Harper was so irrevocable and you saw it in the times he was with her. Yes he had that Travis Maddox personality and that is why I loved him.
Another part that I really loved was the reunion with her father. Their talk and reunion was really heartwarming and almost had me in tears. Yes, I understood why she was upset but I also understood why he was the way he was. There was a lot of heartbreak in their lives and I was glad to see them finally start to heal.
Now for what I didn’t like…
Brandon was a different type of swoon-worthy character. Unfortunately not the kind I liked. He did have his moments where I sighed and smiled but other than that I didn’t feel any connection with him. There wasn’t any fire in his relationship with Harper. It was sweet, caring and Perfect. Too perfect. I liked the fact that he was a fighter and liked his protective side but he lacked what Chase had, fire.
I also didn’t like Harper not one bit. She was selfish and that never changed. She only cared about herself and didn’t think things through. She annoyed me and I couldn’t even find anything that I liked about her. The jumping back and forth between guys was slutty. She was your classic example of a girl that was deprived all her life and then when given freedom didn’t know how to handle it. Maybe others will see it in a different way but I found her to be extremely selfish.
The turn of event moment! OMFG! I wanted to scream, cry and kick something when it happened! I won’t spoil it but I will say prepare for it because it is the only part that had me in tears. To me the story ended there and I just couldn’t get over it.
Good plot but the story was too drawn out. When I finished I sighed in relief. I wanted to love this book so much but I couldn't. :(
With all of the above said I will let you make up your own mind on picking this up.
Review posted at: Christina's BookReviews
The first half of this book was great. Not amazing, but great. Until Chase died. I assumed that when she got back together with Brandon and they decided on raising Liam together that the story was over. And it should have ended there. It's understandable that the second half of the story was devoted to wrapping up the Carter storyline and the Sir storyline, but there were better ways to do it. All that happened in the second half was a TON of filler between having Carter come back and having Sir return. It was basically a 200 page epilogue. The one exciting thing that happened was when Brandon decided to do another fight, which of course made Harper leave him for 2 days with their child (which made NO sense). And I think that whole storyline lasted about 5ish pages. Overall, the story was great. But WAY too drawn out. If the story would've stopped with Harper getting back together with Brandon, I might've given it 5 stars. But it went downhill from there.
Ok, the last half of the book was an emotional roller coaster for me. I really liked how they made Harper a very strong character. Although I didn't like her struggle through telling Chance what she needed to. Grab your tissues ladies. :-)
One of my bloggers/friend has been hounding me to read Taking Chances and I have to say it has been on my Kindle since Sept 2015 and I have been meaning to read it for a while now. I am so happy that I finally did read this book. Molly McAdams does take you on this emotional roller coaster ride throughout Taking Chances and there are some twists that I never saw happening. I kept sending messages to my friend asking her what did she get me into. There might have been a few curse words there too and I ugly cried while reading Taking Chances. You see I hate to cry and yet I judge a book by the feelings it brings out of me. And, man this book pulled out some very deep emotions. My friend told me that Molly breaks you down and by the end of the book she has put everything back together. And, that is exactly what she did. I don’t give you a synopsis of a book because I feel the author does so much better at that than I do.
This book was not an ARC. I did buy it and will continue to follow Molly McAdams now that I have discovered her and I will even thank my friend and fellow blogger for recommending that I read Taking Chances.
I give Taking Chances 5 very emotional STARS and I look forward to reading more of Molly McAdams books!
This book was not an ARC. I did buy it and will continue to follow Molly McAdams now that I have discovered her and I will even thank my friend and fellow blogger for recommending that I read Taking Chances.
I give Taking Chances 5 very emotional STARS and I look forward to reading more of Molly McAdams books!
I cannot finish this book I hate it so much.
How is that seriously the best book and it had me in tears throughout most of the second half? Every time Chases name was mentioned after the accident I balled. Not sure if I can handle reading the other book. As much as I loved how it ended with Harper and Brandon together I can't help but wondering how it would be like if Chase was still around. I will say it was well written and had a way of pulling you into the characters lives. When Chase died it felt like I lost someone too. I cried for so long. I knew he died before I read the book cause of reviews I read but I didn't know it happened so soon. I really wish Chase didn't have to die cause I loved his character so much. I love Brandon too but I'm sure they could have coexisted some how lol. This book was so sad yet it made me happy at the same time. The reunion at the end was nice and I'm glad Harper and Brandon got their happy ending. All in all great book. Loved every minute of it, except for some exceptions. R.I.P. Chase Greyson :(
3.5 stars. I think I would be willing to give it a higher rating if I wasn't frustrated with the plot half the time. I am not a fan of Harper. :(
I had a love hate relationship with this one. It didn't turn out how I expected and I cried almost the whole time from the middle to end. I liked it but at the same time I wish it would have ended differently. Don't think I can handle reading Stealing Harper in Chase's POV. Will probably be too heartbreaking.