Gaaahhhh!! I hate Alpha Jerks with CHEESY lines, and the doormat women who swoon over them! This was almost a DNF so many t 1 'LOGIC FAIL AHEAD!' star
Gaaahhhh!! I hate Alpha Jerks with CHEESY lines, and the doormat women who swoon over them! This was almost a DNF so many times, but I actually finished it. Maybe because it was such a train wreck, I actually found myself wondering just how fucked up these two really are. The answer? THEY ARE SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP. [image] FIRST, MEET COLTON: He is the typical misogynist A-hole alpha-jerk hero who believes himself too damaged for love, so he commits to sex-only relationships. He has an endless supply of cheesy one liners, brags constantly about his cock size and prowess in bed, has no problems with sloppy-seconds, sends mixed signals til you go crazy, and has some seriously creepy stalker tendencies.
COLTON ONLY DOES THE SEX THING, NO EMOTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS. [image]
COLTON DECIDES WHAT HIS WOMEN WANT FROM HIM AND WHEN: [image]
COLTON IS AN ENDLESS LIBRARY OF CHEESY, SMARMY PICKUP LINES! [image]
COLTON GETS ALL OF HIS WOMEN BY BEING AN ASS, AND THEY LOVE IT!: [image]
NOW, MEET RYLEE: Our doormat extraordinaire heroine who piles on the excuses for Colton's asshole behavior, says one thing but always does another, spreads her legs at his commands, and believes she can fix this dude because she is sooooo special. Why does she bother? BECAUSE HE IS SO HOT!! (eye roll!)
RYLEE MAY SAY SHE WANTS CONTROL, BUT HER ACTIONS ARE PURE DOORMAT [image]
COLTON CONTINUES TO MAKE HER CRY, AND YET RYLEE GOES BACK FOR MORE AND MORE... [image]
SHE EMBRACES HER 'INNER SLUT', WHICH COLTON IS ALL TOO HAPPY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF: [image]
Yes, she REALLY has an inner slut. It is what her and her friend chat about, and it gives her the excuse to behave like a doormat with Colton. She tries to convince herself that she can do 'sex only', despite never doing it before, and (no surprise!) she can't do it. She gets emotionally attached (again, no surprise!) Which is why she cries and breaks down so often.
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This is book 1 in a series, so there is no HEA nor do we get all of the answers as why they are so fucked up. There are hints of what has him so emotionally closed up, how her fiance died, and what A.C.E. stands for. But honestly, I don't really care anymore. This series did not work for me. It ends as expected, with Colton being a fucking douche bag. We already know Rylee can't resist him being an asshole to her, so of course she will take him back a few dozen more times.
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There is a formula that many books are using these days, i.e. asshole hero + doormat heroine + a shit load of fighting over his inability to commit. I am not a person who believes that 'Severe Asshole Syndrome' can be fixed by some great sex with an airhead who should have ran for the hills when they first met. So, I am done with this series. Moving on...
Not my cuppa. Honestly, I am really getting sick of this formula!
Bastian was yet another asshole hero, much like Travis from Beautiful Disaster, who d Not my cuppa. Honestly, I am really getting sick of this formula!
Bastian was yet another asshole hero, much like Travis from Beautiful Disaster, who drinks too much, smokes too much, curses too much, fights too much, feels he doesn't deserve to be loved, and alternates treating his heroine like a piece of shit or a priceless golden statuesque goddess.
Raine was yet another doormat, doe-eyed, virginal innocent, giggly heroine with a speech impediment, (this one couldn't talk without inserting an "...uhm..." every few sentences), who believes in rainbows and unicorns, that love will conquer all, and that heroes like Bastian are just 'being silly' when they repeatedly treat them with abusive language and actions.
The relationship is essentially them fighting, fucking, fighting, fucking, fighting, then more fucking and more fighting. Toss in a few "I love you's" and a boatload of the heroine telling the hero he is worthy of love, and you have just summed it all up.
And to round out the formula, this story is going to be dragged into yet more books.
The shipwreck and survival aspects were my favorite part of this story, and it is why I bothered to finish the book. Despite not liking or believing in these two, I enjoyed seeing how they worked to survive, and I did want to know if or how they were rescued.
I know this book is really popular, and I understand that. I think this book is well suited for readers who like their romance characters similar to ones found in Beautiful Disaster and Fifty Shades, which I do not. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend this one. ...more
♡Karlyn P♡
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