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jankben's review
The FMC was abrasive and judgemental, while accusing the MMC of being the same. She was a hypocrite and not a character that I wanted to invest anymore time in.
neshaisabookworms_book_review's review against another edition
4.0
charming
I think the main story line and the secondary story line were so perfect. I think I loved seeing and hearing from Gracie and Luke as much as I did Clinton and Ivy.
I think the main story line and the secondary story line were so perfect. I think I loved seeing and hearing from Gracie and Luke as much as I did Clinton and Ivy.
kewlshort1's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this more
Yikes. Man, I wanted to like this more. CJ really grew on me. And boy did he try so hard, and Ivy just shot him down again and again. She was so extremely unlikable, but I really had a hard time following the story. I’m not sure how “being strong and independent” turned into being a callous witch, and treating everyone like garbage. She used her good looks as an excuse to treat people like crap and push everyone away. She commented how the mean girls in high school kept her outside their circle because they were jealous of her good looks, and that she had no friends, but frankly she acted like a mean girl acting she was better than everybody else because of her looks. She repeatedly treated CJ like garbage and pushed him away, and then had the nerve to actually say “he just proved me right “ when he didn’t fall at her feet and stick around to be treated that way. Yes, he responded poorly (although frankly not inappropriately due to his financial status) when she told him she was pregnant. They literally did not know each other, and he comes from an extremely wealthy family. Clearly the idea of someone pretending to be pregnant with his child especially when they used protection, would make him potentially suspicious. He quickly got past that, and spent the rest of the book groveling and trying to win her over. She just kept raking him over the coals over and over, and the ending was literally a sudden change and a kiss, and that’s it. No epilogue, no closure beyond her saying she was sorry and loved him. The baby, who is central to the whole story, wasn’t even born yet. The book dragged on and on, and the ending was just rushed over the final page.
I’m not sure why there was a whole random interludes with Gracie. She was just a side character, and randomly woven with her own POV story line throughout the book. Was she meant to be a page filler? I’m not even really sure, as her storyline had nothing to do with the main story and she didn’t even get a resolution either.
I jumped into this book without reading the others in the series. But I don’t think I’m going to bother with the others, as this one just fell so flat with me.
Yikes. Man, I wanted to like this more. CJ really grew on me. And boy did he try so hard, and Ivy just shot him down again and again. She was so extremely unlikable, but I really had a hard time following the story. I’m not sure how “being strong and independent” turned into being a callous witch, and treating everyone like garbage. She used her good looks as an excuse to treat people like crap and push everyone away. She commented how the mean girls in high school kept her outside their circle because they were jealous of her good looks, and that she had no friends, but frankly she acted like a mean girl acting she was better than everybody else because of her looks. She repeatedly treated CJ like garbage and pushed him away, and then had the nerve to actually say “he just proved me right “ when he didn’t fall at her feet and stick around to be treated that way. Yes, he responded poorly (although frankly not inappropriately due to his financial status) when she told him she was pregnant. They literally did not know each other, and he comes from an extremely wealthy family. Clearly the idea of someone pretending to be pregnant with his child especially when they used protection, would make him potentially suspicious. He quickly got past that, and spent the rest of the book groveling and trying to win her over. She just kept raking him over the coals over and over, and the ending was literally a sudden change and a kiss, and that’s it. No epilogue, no closure beyond her saying she was sorry and loved him. The baby, who is central to the whole story, wasn’t even born yet. The book dragged on and on, and the ending was just rushed over the final page.
I’m not sure why there was a whole random interludes with Gracie. She was just a side character, and randomly woven with her own POV story line throughout the book. Was she meant to be a page filler? I’m not even really sure, as her storyline had nothing to do with the main story and she didn’t even get a resolution either.
I jumped into this book without reading the others in the series. But I don’t think I’m going to bother with the others, as this one just fell so flat with me.
rachelnicole's review against another edition
1.0
There is a random teenage plot line just thrown in the middle of the main plot line. And there's no clear marking of the POV's, the first one of Gracie's POV had me thinking I had accidentally picked up an extremely inappropriate age gap by accident. I skipped the rest of them.
And the resolution was incredibly sudden.
And the resolution was incredibly sudden.
nej's review
2.0
I actually liked Ivy a lot. I like a character that's hard to pin down and I liked how easily she read Clinton. The side plot with Gracie was great, but just ended really abruptly and weirdly. The end just sort of fizzled out. I dunno, the drama between Ivy and Clinton got annoying at the end and then it was all suddenly sort of solved. The writing was good, most of the banter was funny (but I guess I don't get the constant defending of his dad from Clinton when he sounds like he was a jerk to most of his wives. Who cares if the stepmom wants to cheat on him back?) Would have been better if it wasn't for the sudden ending.
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