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A review by 2jam4u
Insatiable, Book Two by J.D. Hawkins
1.0
What.
The FUCK.
Was that?!!
The end of book 1 set us up with the PERFECT surprise angsty second half of this story and we did NOT get anything that the cliffhanger promised us.
First of all this book shouldn't have existed. It was all of 2 pages long and should have just been added to the first story. We gained absolutely nothing by having this as a separate book. If anything it completely ruined the pacing of the story despite it literally picking back up from the exact moment the first book ended on.
Now for spoilers because I can't review this without yelling very specifically
WHY WHY WHY
You ruined Lizzy, you ruined Jax, you even ruined James, a character we barely knew but DEFINITELY wasn't going in the direction this book took him in.
Lizzie all of the sudden was a fucking moron who was perfectly happy to change her entire personality (and I don't mean casually but on purpose) to suit this guy that she's known less than a week. She meets this guy who's basically Brody all over again and she goes on and on about how she wants to be everything he wants despite saying the opposite in the first book.
Girl doesn't even notice when Jax sabbotages her date with James by giving terrible advice. She fuckin takes notes. I can't believe that nonsense.
Then Jax.... I can get behind him turning into a sad puppy. Homeboy has never experienced love and rejection before so of couse he's gonna be melodramatic about it. But him not fighting for Lizzie? Even after Luce tells him to go all out to win her back? He doesn't tell her how he feels, doesn't try to tempt her, doesn't make her spend extra time with him and all his awesomeness, doesn't do fucking ANYTHING other than give her weird advice??? So out of character I couldn't believe it.
If you wanted to create a character that was the antithesis of Jax and also fucking weird enough for Lizzie to break up with fast... at least make her inner monologue react poorly to the guy. Despite him being SO fucking weird, she never makes a peep about how much of a loser and weirdo he is. God it was infuriating. She literally only breaks up with him in the end because he wouldn't have sex with her when she wanted... I couldn't fuckin believe it.
And the ENDING??!?! I couldn't believe it wrapped up within 5 pages and went:
Jax: I have real feelings for you. I want to try dating.
Lizzie: I don't believe you because you're a manwhore. I don't believe you and never will.
5 mins later...
Jax: I got rid of my car to help you with this thing.
Lizzie: oh ok I believe you we can try dating.
THE FUCKING END!!!!
....
No denoument, no epilogue, no real climax even. Just "Yeah I guess we can try." The end.
I'm so fuckin pissed. Great book 1 and ... I don't even want to call this a book because it sure as hell wasn't the same characters or story. BARF.
The FUCK.
Was that?!!
The end of book 1 set us up with the PERFECT surprise angsty second half of this story and we did NOT get anything that the cliffhanger promised us.
First of all this book shouldn't have existed. It was all of 2 pages long and should have just been added to the first story. We gained absolutely nothing by having this as a separate book. If anything it completely ruined the pacing of the story despite it literally picking back up from the exact moment the first book ended on.
Now for spoilers because I can't review this without yelling very specifically
WHY WHY WHY
You ruined Lizzy, you ruined Jax, you even ruined James, a character we barely knew but DEFINITELY wasn't going in the direction this book took him in.
Lizzie all of the sudden was a fucking moron who was perfectly happy to change her entire personality (and I don't mean casually but on purpose) to suit this guy that she's known less than a week. She meets this guy who's basically Brody all over again and she goes on and on about how she wants to be everything he wants despite saying the opposite in the first book.
Girl doesn't even notice when Jax sabbotages her date with James by giving terrible advice. She fuckin takes notes. I can't believe that nonsense.
Then Jax.... I can get behind him turning into a sad puppy. Homeboy has never experienced love and rejection before so of couse he's gonna be melodramatic about it. But him not fighting for Lizzie? Even after Luce tells him to go all out to win her back? He doesn't tell her how he feels, doesn't try to tempt her, doesn't make her spend extra time with him and all his awesomeness, doesn't do fucking ANYTHING other than give her weird advice??? So out of character I couldn't believe it.
If you wanted to create a character that was the antithesis of Jax and also fucking weird enough for Lizzie to break up with fast... at least make her inner monologue react poorly to the guy. Despite him being SO fucking weird, she never makes a peep about how much of a loser and weirdo he is. God it was infuriating. She literally only breaks up with him in the end because he wouldn't have sex with her when she wanted... I couldn't fuckin believe it.
And the ENDING??!?! I couldn't believe it wrapped up within 5 pages and went:
Jax: I have real feelings for you. I want to try dating.
Lizzie: I don't believe you because you're a manwhore. I don't believe you and never will.
5 mins later...
Jax: I got rid of my car to help you with this thing.
Lizzie: oh ok I believe you we can try dating.
THE FUCKING END!!!!
....
No denoument, no epilogue, no real climax even. Just "Yeah I guess we can try." The end.
I'm so fuckin pissed. Great book 1 and ... I don't even want to call this a book because it sure as hell wasn't the same characters or story. BARF.