File Size: 2173 KB
Print Length: 370 pages
Publication Date: April 3, 2016
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01DT9ZWNI
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Best Sellers Rank: #1,494 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #7 in Books > Teens > Romance > Contemporary #8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Teen & Young Adult > Romance > Contemporary #40 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Coming of Age
I need to say right up front: This book is marketed as "Young Adult", and it is anything BUT. The category is defined by the themes contained within the story. Just because your main characters are all about 17-year olds, that doesn't make you a YA book. YA and I are so close we're practically family. This book was like a stranger at the dinner table.I actually interrupted another book to read this one, and I'm still not sure why. It's not even in my normal genre preference. I just remember reading the summary, seeing the cover, and thinking "I'd like to read that." Ella Harper was an interesting main character, full of spirit, and she led her story well. The writing was even pretty decent for the first 2/3rd of the book.Call me old-fashioned, when we decide "attempted date rape" is the best catalyst for getting the two leads to hook up, the story stops being enjoyable. Now, the male lead, Reed Royal, did not actually attempt the date rape, but when Ella is drugged and the Royal brothers save her, how is the natural conclusion "Someone is gonna need to 'help' her with her drug-induced horniness." Sorry, what? WHAT? So maybe Reed Royal didn't attempt the date rape, but he's 1000000% guilty of engaging in dubious consent."I feel like I'm taking advantage of you."Yes, Reed, because you are! Ella is high on a date-rape cocktail, and you're like "Well, but she said she was okay with me 'helping' her, so..." This isn't even the only incident like this in the story. At one point Reed actually *propositions* her while they're out yachting, saying that she's a dirty whore but he'll take care of her sexual needs as long as she doesn't touch the rest of his family.
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