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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
I don't know what to do with this book. I gave it a 3 because I just don't know what to do. It was great and awful all at the same time.There were moments in this book where it was a strong 5 and then moments when it was a 1. I'm not sure if I love or hate this book. Other reviewers described it as a roller coaster and I find that to be true, terribly so. The characters are flawed and selfish at times but you are genuinely rooting for them.This story involves a love triangle and I have never found myself in the situation where I didn't have a clear choice in mind.
At one point I wanted to throw my iPad across the room.
I am having a really hard time rating this book. I loved it, then hated it, and then kinda liked it again. It made me cry more than it probably should have, but it ripped my heart out. And it did so for no apparent reason. To me, the "twist" was a cop out. As you can tell, I have really mixed feelings about this one.
First half of this book was great- second half completely jumped the shark.
Ja ti nevim.. Pribeh jsem docetla a mam takove smisene pocity. Moc prekombinovane, zrychlene a pribehu jsem ani za mak neverila.
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“People fall in and out of love all the time, and sometimes people have numerous loves throughout their lives. But you have two epic loves and no matter who you were with, I don’t think you’d ever get over or forget the other.”
Taking Chances was one of the most gut-wrenching, heart-felt and beautiful love stories that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. My heart was ripped out of my chest, stomped on once or twice and then placed back inside to beat with love for these fabulous characters.
This is not a hearts & flowers feel good type of romance. It is real, raw, f’ed up and extremely emotional - for both the characters and me. There is content within the story that I personally don’t agree with (infidelity, love triangles) and there are parts that I think could have been edited a little better, but guess what...I absolutely couldn’t care less! This book evoked such a visceral response and extreme emotion from me, and that made any doubts or issues that I had seem extremely inconsequential. I loved these characters and, while I may not agree with every decision made by them, I understand that they were necessary and crucial to the story.
“No. I don't deserve you either. You need someone who will cherish you, protect you and take care of you. Someone that realizes they'd never be able to find another you in the world, no matter how hard they looked.”
When all was said & done, the story ended exactly the way I wanted it to. I just did not expect the journey to take so many twists & turns, or to be so painful. However, every tear that I shed, every tissue that I needed and every single hour of sleep that I lost was so entirely worth it. I would not trade this reading experience for anything in the world and I just hope that every single person who reads Taking Chances, will fall as absolutely in love with it as I did. Molly McAdams simply took my breath away with this story, and has firmly cemented her spot on my must read author list!
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
“People fall in and out of love all the time, and sometimes people have numerous loves throughout their lives. But you have two epic loves and no matter who you were with, I don’t think you’d ever get over or forget the other.”
Taking Chances was one of the most gut-wrenching, heart-felt and beautiful love stories that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. My heart was ripped out of my chest, stomped on once or twice and then placed back inside to beat with love for these fabulous characters.
This is not a hearts & flowers feel good type of romance. It is real, raw, f’ed up and extremely emotional - for both the characters and me. There is content within the story that I personally don’t agree with (infidelity, love triangles) and there are parts that I think could have been edited a little better, but guess what...I absolutely couldn’t care less! This book evoked such a visceral response and extreme emotion from me, and that made any doubts or issues that I had seem extremely inconsequential. I loved these characters and, while I may not agree with every decision made by them, I understand that they were necessary and crucial to the story.
“No. I don't deserve you either. You need someone who will cherish you, protect you and take care of you. Someone that realizes they'd never be able to find another you in the world, no matter how hard they looked.”
When all was said & done, the story ended exactly the way I wanted it to. I just did not expect the journey to take so many twists & turns, or to be so painful. However, every tear that I shed, every tissue that I needed and every single hour of sleep that I lost was so entirely worth it. I would not trade this reading experience for anything in the world and I just hope that every single person who reads Taking Chances, will fall as absolutely in love with it as I did. Molly McAdams simply took my breath away with this story, and has firmly cemented her spot on my must read author list!
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
**SPOILERS**
DNF at 60% - don’t get me wrong, I loved the story … but the way it was done just didn’t work for me. It felt like everything was a tool to lead up to what happened with Chase. I didn’t even cry or get angry because honestly, I saw it coming. Which I should say, the death of a main character ALWAYS pisses me off, this just felt like “I expected it
DNF at 60% - don’t get me wrong, I loved the story … but the way it was done just didn’t work for me. It felt like everything was a tool to lead up to what happened with Chase. I didn’t even cry or get angry because honestly, I saw it coming. Which I should say, the death of a main character ALWAYS pisses me off, this just felt like “I expected it
I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend for anyone who is looking for something with angst, drama, and a crazy love triangle. I fell in love with every character...except Harper. Obviously, the chick's got it going on. But I really don't like indecisiveness...especially when it goes on for half of the book!
I was totally fine with the twists and turns of the book...It's definitely what gave this book its edge!
I was totally fine with the twists and turns of the book...It's definitely what gave this book its edge!
My feelings are all over the map on this book.
I am definitely in the minority about this book. The first 50% was good, I was enjoying it and then bam the twist. Sure I could deal with the twist. I wasn't a fan of Chase anyways. He was a jerk and the way he treated Harper was a tad abusive. I had a hard time feeling for Harper seeings as she was the one cheating. Sure she had a rougher home life, but how quickly she jumped into calling her BFF's parents Mom and Dad was concerning. Team Brandon all the way, he wasn't a saint, but he sure was a lot better than Chase. The second part of the book dragged. I was bored, found my self hating Harper more and more. Rolling my eyes a lot. Skimming pages of mundane everyday life.
This book didn't make me cry like it did for some readers.
First half get 5 stars and the second half 1. So I averaged it into three.
I am definitely in the minority about this book. The first 50% was good, I was enjoying it and then bam the twist. Sure I could deal with the twist. I wasn't a fan of Chase anyways. He was a jerk and the way he treated Harper was a tad abusive. I had a hard time feeling for Harper seeings as she was the one cheating. Sure she had a rougher home life, but how quickly she jumped into calling her BFF's parents Mom and Dad was concerning. Team Brandon all the way, he wasn't a saint, but he sure was a lot better than Chase. The second part of the book dragged. I was bored, found my self hating Harper more and more. Rolling my eyes a lot. Skimming pages of mundane everyday life.
This book didn't make me cry like it did for some readers.
First half get 5 stars and the second half 1. So I averaged it into three.