By: Bethany Bazile
My Copy: Amazon.com
Book Whisperer's Rating:
I just
needed someone to show me how to fight for me…
When
tragedy hits Alexis Cole is shattered. She carries the blame on her shoulders
after losing a big piece of herself. When Ryder Hayes sweeps back into her
life, she has something to hold on to, but just as quickly as he appeared he
was gone. When fate-or meddling parents-throw them back together they can no
longer deny the heat that’s burned between them for years.
Ryder has
always wanted Lexi, but he’s never fought so hard against something in his
life. Saving Lexi from her past was never on his agenda, but he could never
bear letting her drown in it. With his UFC championship title on the line, the
last thing he needs is to be distracted by Lexi. When she’s thrown back into
his life he can no longer fight their attraction.
But once he
claims her he knows he’ll never let go.
I was drawn to this book solely based on the book cover at
first; I mean, look at it! Yummy! The synopsis sounded good and it received
good ratings so I thought I would give it a try.
I ended up being part of the little few that didn’t love this
book. The things that I can say, without
ruining the book to potential readers, are that there were some really good
parts to this plot but there were some really undesirable parts as well. The
good parts could have made this book wonderful.
For instance, I was hooked at the very beginning of this book. The drama that Bazile wrote completely had me
captured and all I wanted to do was read more.
Then it turned somewhere for me and I lost all interest for a
while. It was like a rollercoaster; one
second I was up high and loving the book and then within seconds I was down in
the bottom, not enjoying the plot or the characters. I found the constant battle of pushing each
other away excessive and the immaturity levels of the characters offensive. The one character that I found myself
confused about was Ryder’s mother. One moment
she would be plotting against Ryder’s relationship with Alexis and the next she
would be defending her son and what he wants.
If this just happened once, I could handle the drama that it caused but
it happened throughout the entire book, creating too much drama for such a
minor character.
Let me be honest, this does not mean that you shouldn’t give
this book a try. If it sounds intriguing
to you, go for it; you might find that you like it. Like I always say, being a writer requires a
certain person to do so and that certain person is not me so I can never truly
hate a book.
No comments:
Post a Comment