**DO
NOT START THIS SERIES UNTIL THE 3RD INSTALLMENT IS OUT (roughly at
the end of 2013 to beginning of 2014) & SAVE YOURSELF THE HEADACHE**
Since
this book has been out for a while there are probably hundreds of reviews on it
everywhere. So, this is not a review but more of a rant then? I have a love/hate/hate relationship with this
series. More hate/hate/hate/love in the first book. I will read the last
one so the following will probably make me out to be a hypocrite. But honestly,
it had to be said. This is a book about Tony and Claire. Plot lines were reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast meets Great Expectations. Not in grandeur or classic but just basic set up. And it went something
like this.
*me
starting to read this book*
*me
during this book*
*me as
the book goes on*
How can
I hate the characters yet want to read the rest of the installment? Because I’m
as crazy as these two turned out to be. In the beginning, I felt for Claire and
all that she has been subjected to. She was a sweet, innocent girl that is in
the cross hairs of a vendetta she had no part of with Tony as the executioner.
When I say she is abused by Tony….it’s the actual definition and not the
romanticized version of what most Rom readers are accustomed to. She is not the
prisoner that is caught but is treated well while in incarceration. She is an
actual prisoner who is slowly stripped of her human rights (Stockholm syndrome
and all).
It
started out to be interesting but then……it got too loooooooooooong. What the
author could have done in 20 chapters flat stretched out to 52 + an afterward. Her
abuse and Stockholm syndrome got so repetitive that you just….
(I know…awful
of me. Going to the special hell for that one)
There
were flashbacks on Tony’s youth so that you can see why he turned out the way
he did. (His family life did suck but personally I didn’t think it should have
shaped him into the f*cking monster that he is). The flashbacks actually saved
the book.
Oh. And
the ending….which was
Even
though you know the other shoe was about to drop, the delivery was quite
excellent. So Kudos on that one.
Writing:
Good, but so long. Alot of those scenes need to end up on the cutting room
floor.
Characters:
So frustrating! But good in the way that you want to find out more about them. Bad
in the way that I end up wanting to put them out of their misery (preferably
through spontaneous combustion).
Recommend:
On a slow...slow reading day. And only when all three books are available. I
swear if this author stretches this one to four I'm giving up and conceding
defeat.
P.S. Stop here if you don't want to know the spoilers
Claire: Despite many opportunities to do so...why didn't you
If I
could, I’d reach into my Kindle and smack the sense back into that woman. And she
was not completely brainwashed. Her moments of clarity came when Tony became
violent. But then….*raspberry*
Tony: I
don’t care how bad a childhood you had. Short of Hannibal Lecter being your
fucking daddy you had no excuse to beat and rape a woman. Especially, when she
had absolutely nothing to do with your stupid vendetta except be born in the
wrong family. So here's to you…Douchebag of the Year!
What
made me even sick to my stomach is that I can see that the author is gearing up
for the readers to be more sympathetic towards Tony and have him possibly end
up with her romantically. But after what he put her through…. I just can’t buy
it. I see her forgiving him. But I can’t see her forgetting.
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