![]() ![]() If you want that, try something else.”īecause Tade and Red get their big fat happy, lovey-dovey HEA One last thing I quote from the blurb – “This isn’t some happy love story. IMO, a lot of what Tade did before and after the twist left a permanent bad impression on my mind, to the point where I didn’t even believe his love for Red was true. Come to think about it, the author handles a lot of issues present in the book in the same manner the pregnancy, the marriage, the twist, the CHEATING (like it’s okay because he’s heartbroken), and the pills Red takes. What makes me so angry is that the author wrote this part in such a callous, dismissing manner even though Tade claims to love Red no matter what. What’s worse is that he brings one of the bimbos he slept with to the hospital where Red was giving birth.I mean, seriously? And he doesn’t feel any remorse. I get their lives are so much more complicated because of the reveal, but that seriously does NOT excuse his behavior. And because of said twist, something happens that completely drove me batshit crazy despite being MARRIED, Tade reveals his douchebag behavior again by cheating on Red multiple times. ![]() My problem is that in the context of the book, this twist felt contrived and to be revealed near the end of the book and followed up by hastily-executed events lessened the impact that this twist could’ve made. I’ll admit, I was stunned there for a minute and never expected that kind of reveal based on the direction this book was heading in. “I’m in love with my sister and by the way, she’s pregnant with my kid.” (Only click the spoiler if you want to know what the twist is. When they finally meet the parents, BAM! The twist happens. And as the cherry on top, they get MARRIED. No I want you, and I want you to admit you want me too.īut then oopsies! Something happens Red is PREGGERS!!! and so Tade and Red suddenly confess they love each other even though their relationship in the first 40% is rocky, tumultuous, and filled with misunderstandings. For the next 40%, the book keeps going in circles so this can finally happen: ![]() Of course with Tade’s good looks and natural asshole behavior the college girls seem to love, Red is interested in him as well. In three and a half years, no one’s had you this wound up.” “No fucking way some chick has you caught all up and you haven’t even said one word to her. On a night like any other, he spies ‘Red’ (going to call the heroine that) at the bar and is immediately besotted with her, despite not actually meeting her. Tade is the son of a senator and to avoid the press, he attends a small private college, keeps to himself and doesn’t have girlfriends instead, he has a string of one-night stands. For some reason the blurb made me think it was dark and edgy but it’s just a NA romance with a slight twist. Usually I don’t hand out 1 star ratings, not even to some of the most ridiculous books, but this one pushed me too far.įYI, this is not a dark read. If you give me an asshole hero, make him redeemable as well. Sadly, this book’s end result though it’s an HEA was not worth all the drama and heartache I went through. I’m the kind of reader who can and probably will withstand a lot with the characters as long as the end result is worth it. When I think about the books that truly work for me, that make me think and feel and make reading an experience, it’s always the books with hopeless situations and damaged characters that stand out. Part of me feels shitty for saying this, but this is one of the worst books I’ve read in a long time. My name is Tade Astor and happiness for me is insurmountable. It’s someone else’s sins that have efficiently destroyed my life in one fell swoop. You have to know I never planned or meant for any of this. Then maybe you can possibly… possibly comprehend the enormity of my crossroads. Maybe even sympathize and not give me your scorn. This you need to hear from the beginning, so you know all the facts and feel what I felt. Yeah, I can tell you, but you will judge me unfairly. So what can possibly go wrong, you wonder? A humorous chuckle escapes me, in case you didn’t hear it. Thoughts of her consume me and continue to bombard my mind like ricochet gunfire. She is the stain that covers my heart in the color of her blood-red hair. She is the reflection of my happiness and the beginning to my end. In fact, she is the first of many things for me and maybe my last. And if I have to admit it, I fall for Red the first time I see her. No, I own this nightmare and would have never guessed it could have happened to me. ![]()
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