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A review by tbest4
Ricochet by L.K. Reid
1.0
What did I just read? I DNF at 73%. I read a story about two people who have known each other since childhood but have a tortured relationship. There are so many reasons for them not to be together but they just can't help but love each other in spite of some REALLY fucked up stuff (tortured killers, past cheating, rape of a sibling, sexual intercourse with male character's twin, you know the regular things all couples go through). You hear OVER AND OVER AND OVER again through their internal dialogue about how much they can't help themselves or their feelings for each other, THEIR'S is a love that can't help but stand the test of time. EVEN DEATH can't put an end to the hold that they have on each other. OH BUT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!At over 70% of the book the heroine runs into ANOTHER guy from her past, WHO IT TURNS OUT is the real true love, she met the guy once after catching Keiran cheating and it was love at first sight. She was going to run away with him on his motorcycle after two hours together. And apparently the next book will be exploring that true love story. What? Why are you introducing a completely different love interest at the end of a dark romance novel? What was the point of me learning all of this back story between Ophelia and Keiran? What was the point of the Keiran having a POV if you're introducing a whole new love interest character this late in the game? Plus why would you have both Ophelia And Keiran go ON AND ON AND ON about their love to just be like SIKE, some motorcycle dude who Ophelia spent a few hours with four years ago is a greater love than her childhood crush turned adult relationship. And the second book is suppose to focus on her and the motorcycle dude. I'm so pissed. WHAT WAS the REASON? What was the reason for Ophelia and Keiran for the majority of the book but then throwing Storm in at the end?
Honestly, it would have been better to have her meet Storm in the present and fall in love. Having him be a PAST love while having Ophelia go on and on in the PAST and PRESENT about Keiran being the love of her life, the only light in her darkness was the wrong move. Either you were lying to the reader about Keiran being the love of her life or you're lying about how she feels about Storm.
Honestly, it would have been better to have her meet Storm in the present and fall in love. Having him be a PAST love while having Ophelia go on and on in the PAST and PRESENT about Keiran being the love of her life, the only light in her darkness was the wrong move. Either you were lying to the reader about Keiran being the love of her life or you're lying about how she feels about Storm.