Gail McHugh

Ugh. Where to begin. When I started this book, I initially liked it. However, as it went on and on, and on and on, I got quite tired of it and actually had to force myself to finish it. It is the first book that I ever remember skipping whole pages of just in an effort to move on through it. I really thought that after I had finished it, I would feel that it had been worth the extra reading. I was wrong. It ends with a total cliff-hanger for book 2.

First of all, the bad language is pretty constant. If it the "extra" words were all removed, it would probably cut the book by at least 30 pages. I did read reviews before reading this and there were many women who were saying how "hot" Gavin was and how he was the most perfect "boyfriend" material they had read in a long time. I have now determined that those reviews had to have been written by very young women who have never actually been treated respectfully by a true gentleman. The immature behavior of the main characters just took me back to pretty much everything that was bad about my early 20's though thankfully, my experiences were nothing like these character's lives. Dillon was a total loser. Emily just had no backbone...with either male. Gavin spent most of the book wanting her because he wanted her. There really was not much said in the way of him caring about her as a person until later and even then it was not sufficient. And as far as the romance (OK, sex)...it just seemed trashy to me.

Disappointed. Have read a number of "young adult" romances recently that I really enjoyed but sadly this was not one of them.

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