Finished Reading December 8, 2015

2.75 Stars

Started off with a great pace. Half way through it petered out to a slow crawl. By the end I was struggling to finish it.
To add insult to injury, it ended without ANY questions answered.
Doubt I will bother with book #2 in the series. Could have been great, ended up being just 'O-Kay'.

Purchased from Amazon December 4, 2015 ( )

Even though this was in a POV which I generally stay away from, first person present, I still stuck with it and enjoyed this book. It was one of those where nearly everyone is damaged. Both the hero and the heroine have some serious issues but I still enjoyed it. Warning though it ends on a cliff hanger so I had to go straight out and buy the second book. ( )

I enjoyed this book, which is the first I've read by Sydney Landon. There were a few twists in it - things I had not expected - and the ending left me with no doubt about going on to read the second book about Lucian and Lia. Great reading! ( )

Sad but good ( )

So, perhaps I should disclose a few things first: I got this on a free day on amazon, so I'm not actually out cash, and I didn't do much beyond reading the short blurb (usually I read a couple of reviews before I get anything--even freebies). I knew the book was short, but I did not know that the book was unfinished. There's a difference, people, between teeing up a second book in a series and just not fucking finishing the book. This falls in the latter category.

This is your typical man with everything but damaged so he can't have a meaningful relationship meets an equally damaged, but special, snowflake. Beyond them both having the damage in common and being hot, they've got zero in common. I liked them both as characters--I"m generally quite lenient toward the "pulled myself out of the mire and continued on/didn't let it defeat me" type of protagonist. But this was just... extraordinarily unrealistic. He's got a coke addition that no one knows about but his besties. She's got lots of issues that somehow don't bother her unless she's with him. He's never brought a girl home until her--right away. She's got a deranged step father and wicked mother that show up out of nowhere after years of solitude. ANd then I can't tell you what because the book finishes IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE.

I'm giving it 2 stars instead of 1 because they are likable enough and the writing doesn't suck. But don't spend your money on this unfinished work. ( )