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Stitches
by Sam Mariano
2.5-3 stars. This was kind of a strange read for me. This is Sebastian (Seb), Griff and Moira's book. Seb and Moira are happily married. Griff is Seb's best friend. He catches his wife cheating on him and gets depressed because he is once again a third wheel in Seb's happy relationship. He realizes he is actually in love with Moira and very jealous of Seb, so he decides he is going to give up the business he owns with Seb and move away. To keep him from doing that, Seb decides to ask Moira to be shared with Griff. Moira is so in love with Seb that she is very unsure, never actually having felt attracted to Griff. But she blindly does whatever Seb wants so she agrees. Griff gets drawn into their relationship and they become a MFM trio. There is a lot of jealousy, drama and angst between them all, too.
This book wasn't at all what I was expecting. I thought this would be a sexy, instalove type, low angst, easy read. But that is pretty much the opposite of what I read. I thought the main idea was interesting and I did like parts of it, but parts were so odd for me, too. I was definitely conflicted. I liked Moira and Griff. I just didn't love Seb. We were supposed to believe that he platonicly loves his best friend, Griff, so much that he doesn't want to lose his friendship so he will share his wife with him. But I never felt the love between him and Griff. Seb was pretty much a jerk to him. This didn't support the whole premise of the book. Seb often said some rude things about Moira too, such as how he is powerful over her and that she is his dutiful wife who does whatever he wants. Of course, she is so loyal and obsessed with Seb that she didn't care. It made me not like her as much because she was such a bad judge of character for loving Seb.
The act that Seb commits was so out of nowhere and cast a weird pall over the rest of the book. It was just such a strange thing that I didn't think fit with the rest of the book and made me question whether I liked any of the characters by the end of the book. Seb came off like a psychopath.
I really thought the book was going to end on a cliffhanger because there was so much drama and emotion happening. It all gets wrapped up on the last two pages. I just didn't believe in a HEA for this threesome. I kind of wanted Seb to be out of the picture. He treated Moira and Griff poorly, while Griff adored Moira. Overall, I don't think I really enjoyed this book, but I'm not sure! This was my first read by this author and I'm not sure I'll try her again either.
This book wasn't at all what I was expecting. I thought this would be a sexy, instalove type, low angst, easy read. But that is pretty much the opposite of what I read. I thought the main idea was interesting and I did like parts of it, but parts were so odd for me, too. I was definitely conflicted. I liked Moira and Griff. I just didn't love Seb. We were supposed to believe that he platonicly loves his best friend, Griff, so much that he doesn't want to lose his friendship so he will share his wife with him. But I never felt the love between him and Griff. Seb was pretty much a jerk to him. This didn't support the whole premise of the book. Seb often said some rude things about Moira too, such as how he is powerful over her and that she is his dutiful wife who does whatever he wants. Of course, she is so loyal and obsessed with Seb that she didn't care. It made me not like her as much because she was such a bad judge of character for loving Seb.
The act that Seb commits was so out of nowhere and cast a weird pall over the rest of the book.
Spoiler
Seb hires a hitman to kill Griff's ex to keep her from taking all of his money, spreading rumors and causing trouble. Griff was very upset that his ex died, even though he no longer loved her, and was even more upset when he found out what Seb had done. He did eventually forgive him, but Seb was not sorry or asking for forgiveness. Moira was pretty much fine the whole thing.I really thought the book was going to end on a cliffhanger because there was so much drama and emotion happening. It all gets wrapped up on the last two pages. I just didn't believe in a HEA for this threesome. I kind of wanted Seb to be out of the picture. He treated Moira and Griff poorly, while Griff adored Moira. Overall, I don't think I really enjoyed this book, but I'm not sure! This was my first read by this author and I'm not sure I'll try her again either.